The Constitution of the State of Yap, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, is the fundamental legal text of the State of Yap. It was adopted in 1982, promulgated on December 24 of the same year and came into force on January 1, 1983. Amendments were adopted by referendum and promulgated on November 24, 2006. The constitution comprises 15 articles. It can be consulted in English on the website of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia.[1]
TheStateofYap (Yapese: Wa'ab or Waqab) is one ofthe four states ofthe Federated States of Micronesia, located in the westernmost portion ofthe country...
part ofYapState. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to thestate within the Federated States of Micronesia, inclusive oftheYap Main...
for the chiefs ofthe Outer Yap Islands. They have been established in 1992 by theConstitutionoftheYapState, within the Federated States of Micronesia...
The office ofthe Governor ofYap is the highest elected position in thestateofYap, Federated States of Micronesia. Yap holds an election for its legislature...
for the Congress ofthe Federated States of Micronesia. In elections for theState Legislatures of Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap, and theState House of Representatives...
The federation consists of four states—from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae—that are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states...
The 2018 Yap gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor oftheYapState in the Federated...
established by the South African Constitutionof 1983, which gave a limited political voice to the country's Coloured and Indian population groups. The majority...
1500 BC, before the beginning of foreign colonial administration by Western powers, the island ofYap created and maintained a unique set of socio-economic...
by the Treasurer, from conducting raffles, lotteries, or bingo games in order to raise money for any educational, charitable, or public purpose" Yap State...
Office ofthe Public Auditor, and FSM PetroCorp are independent agencies. The FSM is divided in four states: Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Each...
politician and the former Governor ofYap from January 19, 2019, to December 17, 2022. Falan was removed from his position as governor by theYapstate legislature...
US$19.9 billion in 2015–16. Islam is thestate religion, with freedom of religion guaranteed by theconstitution. The majority are Muslims (96.47%), followed...
During the reign, the political regime ofthe Restoration was created, which was based on the Spanish Constitutionof 1876, in force until 1923. It was a...
"neither the PLO nor the PA is recognized as a sovereign state by the United States.” The Basic Law, established in 2002, is the proposed constitutionof a future...
Pohnpei, the population of 35,000 is evenly divided between Catholics and Protestants (50% catholic & 50% Protestant). On Chuuk and Yap, the population...
according to Article 9 oftheConstitution. Must be at least 30 years of age upon the day of election. Must be a resident ofthestate from which he or she...
monarch, the Pope, is the head ofthe global Roman Catholic Church. His power within the Vatican City State is unlimited by any constitution; however...
Independence, the Constitutionofthe United States and The Federalist Papers and remains the working language ofthe federal administration. At thestate level,...
the administrative divisions of previously unitary states. Once a federal constitution is formed, the rules governing the relationship between federal...
not explicitly stated in theconstitution, Filipino is in practice almost completely composed ofthe Tagalog language as spoken in the capital, Manila;...
10, 1949, on the island of Eauripik in YapState. He attended Eauripik Elementary School and the Outer Islands High School on Ulithi, Yap from 1964 to...
24 delegates to the Constitutional Convention: 11 from Chuuk State, 7 from Pohnpei State, 3 from Kosrae State, and 3 from YapState. The Constitutional...
caricatures ofthe "backward" local populace, referring to the people of Rhea County as "Babbits", "morons", "peasants", "hill-billies", "yaps", and "yokels"...
of Paul Kruger. Toronto: Morang and Co. p. 59. ISBN 9780804610773. Eybers 1918, p. 495. Yap & Leong Man 1996, p. 76. Yap & Leong Man 1996, p. 72. Yap...
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