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This is a List of political parties in Micronesia by country, linking to the country list of parties and the political system of each country in the region. List of countries [ edit ]
The President and Vice President are supported in the administration by a Cabinet made up of 9 appointed officials. They are: the Secretaries of the Department of Environment, Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Affairs), the Department of Resource & Development (R&D), the Department of Health & Social ...
The Federated States of Micronesia (/ ˌ m aɪ k r oʊ ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ⓘ; abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania.The federation consists of four states—from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae—that span across the western Pacific just north of the equator, for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi).
A political group is usually especially beneficial to the parties concerned during and immediately after elections – due to characteristics of the electoral systems concerned (e.g. allowing each party to clear electoral thresholds) and/or allowing parties to participate in the formation of a government after elections.
A political party is an organized group that adheres to a specific ideology or revolves around particular issues, aiming to participate in political power, often through elections involvement. Individual parties are appropriately detailed in separate articles dedicated to each nation.
Micronesia is a region in Oceania that includes approximately 2100 islands, with a total land area of 2,700 km 2 (1,000 sq mi), the largest of which is Guam, which covers 582 km 2 (225 sq mi). The total ocean area within the perimeter of the islands is 7,400,000 km 2 (2,900,000 sq mi). [14] There are four main island groups in Micronesia:
The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has 14 non-partisan members: ten members elected for a two-year term in ten single-seat constituencies and four members elected for a four-year term, one from each state at-large.
Municipalities can group together several localities, the main one of which generally has the same name as that of the municipality. Aside from the cases of Kolonia for Pohnpei and Weno for Chuuk State , the state capitals, Colonia for Yap, Tofol for Kosrae , and the federal capital, Palikir , are in municipalities with different names.