Mirconesia

 

 

01 Jan 1528               Claimed for Spain

18 Jul 1898               Annexed by Germany, part of German New Guinea

07 Oct 1914               Occupied by Japan

17 Dec 1920 - 18 Jul 1947 League of Nations mandate (South Sea Islands) under Japan

       1935               Annexed by Japanese Empire

20 Sep 1944               US occupation, administered by the US Navy until 01 Jul 1951

18 Jul 1947 - 22 Dec 1990 Part of UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI);

                           Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands and Palau

01 Jul 1951 - 1981        Administred by the US department of Interior

01 May 1979               Marshall Islands leave the Federation

10 May 1979               Autonomy, Federated States of Micronesia

01 Jan 1981               Palau leaves the Federation

10 Jul 1987               Trust Territory dissolved

22 Dec 1990               Independence, Federated States of Micronesia

 

Presidents

11 May 1978 - 11 May 1987 Tosiwo Nakayama

11 May 1987 - 11 May 1991 John Richard Haglegram

11 May 1991 - 08 May 1997 Bailey Olter

08 May 1997 - 11 May 1999 Jacob Nena

11 May 1999 - 11 May 2003 Leo Amy Falcam

11 May 2003 - 11 May 2007 Joseph John Urusemal

11 May 2007 -             Manny Mori

 

U.N Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

 

 

High Commissioners

18 Jul 1947 - 17 Apr 1948 Louis Emil Denfield

17 Apr 1948 - 01 May 1949 DeWitt Clinton Ramsey

01 May 1949 - 06 Jan 1951 Arthur William Radford

06 Jan 1951 - 11 Feb 1953 Elbert Duncan Thomas

11 Feb 1953 - 01 Sep 1954 Frank Elbert Midkiff

01 Sep 1954 - 01 May 1961 Delmas Henry Nucker

01 May 1961 - 27 May 1966 Maurice Wilfred Goding

27 May 1966 - 01 May 1969 William Wilfred Goding

01 May 1969 - 01 Jul 1976 Edward Elliott Johnston

01 Jul 1976 - 09 Jul 1977 Peter Tali Coleman

09 Jul 1977 -    Dec 1981 Adrian P. Winkel

   Dec 1981 - 10 Jul 1987 Janet Jenkins McCovy

Director of the Office of Transition

03 Nov 1986 - 22 Dec 1990 Charles Jordan