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| 1 Oct 1525 Sighted by Portuguese Capt. Diogo da Rocha and the namedIslas Sequeira, for his navigator Gomes de Sequeira. 22 Aug 1526 Caroline Islands discovered by the Spanish explorers Toribio Alonso de Salazar (d. 1526) and Diego de Saavedra, sighting the Isla de San Bartolomé (Bokak/Taongi Atoll). 1 Jan 1528 Uluti Islands discovered and claimed for Spain by Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (d. 1529). 1686 Re-claimed for Spain by Capt. Francisco Lazcano and namedIslas Las Carolinas (Caroline Islands), after King Carlos II of Spain(subordinated to the Philippines), no settlement. 1869 German trading company J.C. Godeffroy und Sohn establishes a trading station on Yap. 25 Aug 1874 Germans claim Yap by flag raising, but later lower their flag. 26 Aug 1874 Spain reasserts its claims to the islands at Yap, does not begin settlement. 1880 German trading firm the Hernsheim Company establishes trading stations on Yap and Ponape. Feb 1885 Spanish shipVelasco reasserts Spain's sovereignty. 21 Aug 1885 Spanish arrive in Yap. 25 Aug 1885 German captainMax Plüddemann (b. 1846 - d. 1910) aboard theAlbatros annexes Yap,Chuuk (on 30 Sep 1885) andPonape (on 13 Oct 1885) for Germany. Spain protests Germany's annexation. 22 Oct 1885 Spanish possession is confirmed by the arbitration of Pope Leo XIII (signed 12 Dec 1885 in Rome). 12 Feb 1899 Spain agrees sells the islands to Germany (confirmed 30 Jun 1899 Treaty, takes possession 18 Jul 1899). 18 Jul 1899 Part of German New Guinea (seePapua New Guinea). In theInselgebiet(Islands territory) general supervision over the districts is entrustedto the Heads of the district (Bezirksamtmänner) of Ponape, and after 1907 the district of Jap (Yap) for the West Carolines, Marianas, and Palau Islands. (Karolinen- und Palau-Inseln). 29 Sep - 21 Oct 1914 Japanese occupation (Ponape occupied 7 Oct 1914 and Truk on 12 Oct 1914)(see underMarshall Islands; from 28 Dec 1914 see underPalau). Sep/Oct 1914 - 1 Apr 1922 Japanese military (naval) administration, from Jul 1918, with civil administration department subordinate under the navy. In Dec 1914, the Truk district (Caroline Islands between 148 E & 154 E), Ponape district (Caroline Islands east of 154 E, Marshall Islands west of 164 E incl. Eniwetok and Ujelang Atolls), and from Apr 1915, Yap district (Caroline islands between 137 E & 148 E)(the Caroline Islands west of 137 E are part of the Palau district) are created. 14 Dec 1914 Japan promulgates ordinances for the South Seas Temporary Defense Corps. 28 Dec 1914 Japanese Expeditionary Squadron replaced by the Provisional Naval Garrison. 1 Jul 1918 Civil Administration Department established in each district (under Naval Garrison Commander). 28 Jun 1919 Germany formally renounces claim to the islands by the Treaty of Versailles. 17 Dec 1920 Part of League of Nations mandate (South SeasIslands [Nan'yō Chō Guntō])(see underPalau). 11 Feb 1922 "Japan-U.S. Treaty signed about the Delegated Governing Islands of the Yap Island and other equatorial northern Pacific Islands. 1 Apr 1922 South Seas Government (Nan'yō Chō)(seePalau) created. 26 Mar 1935 Japan declares that the mandated islands are an "integral part of the Japanese Empire" as it exits the League of Nations. 8 Dec 1941 Martial law instituted by Japan. 5 Nov 1943 Re-organization, the Truk and Ponape districts become the Eastern Area(headquarters in Truk), and Yap part of the Western Area (headquarters inPalau). 20 Sep 1944 U.S. occupation begins (Ulithi Atoll and Yap from 5 Sep 1945). 14 Aug 1945 Japanese mandate revoked by Potsdam agreement; recognized 28 Apr 1952 by Treaty of San Francisco) 2 Sep 1945 - 30 Jun 1951 U.S. Naval military administration. 18 Jul 1947 Part of the UNTrust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)(Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, & Palau [TTPI is divided intodistricts: Marshalls, Ponape[incl. Kosrae], Truk, Yap, Palau, the Mariana Islands [and 10 Mar 1955 - 1 Jul 1962, Rota]). 1 Jul 1951 - 10 May 1979 Administered by the U.S. Department of Interior. 10 May 1979 Autonomy (Federated States of Micronesia) (formerly the Ponape, Truk, and Yap districts). 3 Nov 1986 Compact of Free Association with the U.S. effective, exists the Trust Territory. 10 Jul 1987 Trust territory dissolved. 22 Dec 1990 Final independence (Security Council ratifies termination of trusteeship). | | | | ) | | | | | |
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Political-Military Governorof the Caroline Islands and the Palaus (Gobernador Político Militar de las islas Carolinas y las Palaos) 1885 Enrique Capriles y Osuna (b. 1850 - d. ....) Political and Military Governors - for western Caroline islands and Palau (Yap [and from 1907 Saipan])- 1886 - 1887 Manuel de Elisa y Vergara 1887 - 1888 (6 months) Mariano Torres de Navarra (b. 1845 - d. 1889) (1st time) 1888 - 1889 José Montes de Oca y Aceñero (b. 1844 - d. 1897) (1st time) 1889 - 1890 Mariano Torres de Navarra (s.a.) (2nd time) 1890 - 1892 José Montes de Oca y Aceñero (s.a.) (2nd time) 16 Jun 1892 - 23 Feb 1894 Manuel Antón e Iboléon (b. 1850 - d. 1908) 23 Feb 1894 - 1895 José Montes de Oca y Aceñero (s.a.) (3rd time) 13 Nov 1895 - Jan 1897 Jacobo Marina Vega (b. 1847 - d. 19..) 1897 - 2 Nov 1899 Salvador Rafael Cortés y Samit (b. 1848 - d. 1928) Nov 1899 - 1906 Arno Senfft (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1909) Apr 1906 - 1907 Georg Fritz (1st time)(acting) (b. 1865 - d. 1944) 1907 - Feb 1909 Arno Senfft (2nd time) (s.a.) 1909 Rudolf Karlowa (b. 1844 - d. 1913) 1909 - 1910 Georg Fritz (2nd time) (s.a.) 1910 - 1911 Hermann Kersting (b. 1863 - d. 1937) 1911 - 1914 Baumert - for eastern Caroline islands (Ponape [and from 1911 Marshall Islands])- 1 Mar 1886 - Jul? 1886 Isidro Posadillo y Posadillo (b. 1840 - d. 1887) (1st time) 26 Jul 1886 - 6 Aug 1886 Luis Bayo y Hernández Pinzón (b. 1846 - d. 1906) 1886 - 1887 Enrique Capriles y Osuna (s.a.) 13 Mar 1887 - 3 Jul 1887 Isidro Posadillo y Posadillo (s.a.) (2nd time) 29 Oct 1887 - Jan 1891 Luis Cadarso y Rey (b. 1831 - d. 1898) 19 Feb 1891 - Feb 1892 Julio Merás y Urio 28 Feb 1892 - 28 Apr 1892 José Padriñan (or Padman) 28 Apr 1892 - May 1893 Bienvenido Flandes (acting) 19 May 1893 - Aug 1894 Fernando Claudin Aug 1894 - Aug 1896 José Pidal y Rebollo (b. 1849 - d. 1920) 23 Aug 1896 - 2 Jan 1897 Francisco Jiménez y Villavicencio (b. 1847 - d. 19..) Jan 1897 - 1897 Michael Velasco bf.Nov 1897 - May 1899 José Fernández de Córdoba 31 May 1899 - 2 Oct 1899 Ricardo de Castro y Candara (acting) 2 Oct 1899 - 1901 Albert Hahl (b. 1868 - d. 1945) 1 Sep 1901 - 30 Apr 1907 Victor Berg (b. 1861 - d. 1907) 1907 August Ueberhorst (1st time)(acting) 1907 - 1909 Georg Fritz (s.a.) Oct 1909 - 18 Oct 1910 Gustav Boeder (b. c.1862 - d. 1910) 18 Oct 1910 - Feb 1911 Max Girschner (acting) (b. 1861 - d. 1927) 1911 - 7 Oct 1914 August Ueberhorst (2nd time) Bezirksamtmänner Ponape (from 1907, Bezirk der Ostkarolinen) (and to 1907,Vice-governors of German New Guinea) Jul1899 - 1901 Albert Hahl (s.a.) 1902 - 30 Apr 1907 Victor Berg (s.a.) 1907 - 1908 Wilhelm Stuckhardt (b. 18.. - d. 1909) 1908 - 1909 Georg Fritz (s.a.) 1909 - 1911 Gustav Boeder (s.a.) 1911 - 1914 Hermann Kersting (s.a.) Stationsleiter Stationsbezirk Truk(in Toloas, Moen) (subordinate to Ponape) 1909 - 1911 Max Scharlauch 1911 - 1913 Gentner 1913 - 1914 Otto Paulisch Bezirksamtmänner Jap (Yap)(from 1907,Bezirk der Westkarolinen) (and from 1907,Vice-governors of German New Guinea) 1899 - 1909 Arno Senfft (s.a.) 1909 Rudolf Karlowa (s.a.) 1909 - 1910 Georg Fritz (s.a.) 1910 - 1911 Hermann Kersting (s.a.) 1911 - 1914 Baumert Governors 18 Jul 1899 - 7 Oct 1914 the Governors ofGerman New Guinea 7 Oct 1914 - 1 Apr 1922 the Commanders of Interim Southern Islands Defense Unit(seePalau) 1 Apr 1922 - 2 Sep 1945 the Directors of the South Seas Government(seePalau) Chiefs of the Truk (Torakku) Branch Bureau of the South Seas Government 1 Apr 1922 - 30 May 1922 Teijiro Kamata 30 May 1922 - 12 Dec 1924 Takayuki Shimakura (acting to 20 Nov 1922) 12 Dec 1925 - 1929 Tadano Awa 1929 - Jan 1932 Kōsaka Takasaka (1st time) Jan 1932 - 7 Aug 1937 Yūzaburō Yamaguchi 7 Aug 1937- 2 Apr 1938 Shigezō Yamamoto 2 Apr 1938 - 22 Apr 1941 Shigechika Yorimitsu 22 Apr 1941 - 5 Nov 1943 Kōsaka Takasaka (2nd time) Chiefs of the Ponape (Ponape) Branch Bureau of the South Seas Government 1 Apr 1922 - 25 Mar 1924 Motomichi Kōgawa 25 Mar 1924 - 11 Dec 1924 Teijirō Kamata 12 Dec 1924 - 17 Jul 1929 Hira Fukushima 17 Jul 1929 - 10 May 1933 Tadano Awa 10 May 1933 - 16 Dec 1933 Jun'ichirō Noda 28 Dec 1933 - 14 Jan 1935 Shigeru Tanaka (1st time) 14 Jan 1935 - 16 Jan 1936 Yasaburō Fushida 16 Jan 1936 - 2 Apr 1938 Shigeru Tanaka (2nd time) 2 Apr 1938 - 12 Sep 1940 Kichizō Hayama 12 Sep 1940 - 5 Nov 1943 Kaneto Tsukahara Chiefs of the Yap (Yappu) Branch Bureau of the South Seas Government 1 Apr 1922 - 30 May 1922 Yoshiyoshi Fujisaki 30 May 1922 - 25 Mar 1924 Teijirō Kamata 25 Mar 1924 - 23 Apr 1924 Motomichi Mitsukawa 23 Apr 1924 - 11 Dec 1924 Sawada Kuwaji 12 Dec 1924 - 17 Jul 1929 Shigeru Tateyama 17 Jul 1929 - Jul 1932 Shūichi Nakahashi Jul 1932 - 1934? Yūmatsu Takagi 1934 Hideo Matsu (acting) (administrative officer) Jul 1934 - Jan 1936 Yoshimi Mizuno Jan 1936 - 4 Aug 1937 Yoshizō Hayama 4 Aug 1937 - 29 Jun 1943 Kiyoichi Kobayashi 29 Jun 1943 - 5 Nov 1943 Nao Fujimaki Chief, Eastern Area Branch, South Seas Government (in Truk) 5 Nov 1943 - 2 Sep 1945 Aritaka Aihara (b. 1889 - d. 1950) (nominally to 28 Ma 1946) Japanese Commanders-in-chief of the 4th Fleet(in Truk) 15 Nov 1939 - 15 Nov 1940 Eikichi Katagiri (b. 1885 - d. 1972) 15 Nov 1940 - 11 Aug 1941 Shirō Takasu (b. 1884 - d. 1944) 11 Aug 1941 - 26 Oct 1942 Shigeyoshi Inoue (b. 1889 - d. 1975) 26 Oct 1942 - 1 Apr 1943 Baron Tomoshige Samejima (b. 1889 - d. 1966) 11 Apr 1943 - 19 Feb 1944 Masami Kobayashi (b. 1890 - d. 1977) 19 Feb 1944 - 2 Sep 1945 Chūichi Hara (b. 1889 - d. 1964) Commanders-in-chief U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, Military Governors of the Caroline Islands 2 Sep 1945 - 24 Nov 1945 Chester William Nimitz (b. 1885 - d. 1966) 24 Nov 1945 - 3 Feb 1946 Raymond Ames Spruance (b. 1886 - d. 1969) 3 Feb 1946 - 28 Feb 1947 John Henry Towers (b. 1885 - d. 1955) 28 Feb 1947 - 1 Jul 1947 Louis Emil Denfeld (b. 1891 - d. 1972) Military Administrators 2 Sep 1945 - 18 Jul 1947 the Commanders of U.S. Naval Forces Mariana Islands (seeNorthern Marianas) Governors, Western Caroline Islands Sep 1947 -30 Jun 1951 the Civil AdministratorsPalaus Governors, Eastern Caroline Islands Sep 1947 - Dec 1947 Harold D. Huxley (b. 1905 - d. 19..) Dec 1947 - Mar 1948 Loren Hall Kiser (acting) (b. 1918 - d. 2009) Mar 1948 - Mar 1949 Edward Robert Nelson, Jr. (b. 1910 - d. ....) Jun 1949 - Sep 1950 Robert Davis Law (1st time) (b. 1917 - d. 1982) Dec 1950 - Mar 1951 Roland Walker Kenney (b. 1904 - d. 1995) Mar 1951 - Jun 1951 .... Jun 1951 - 30 Jun 1951 Robert Davis Law (2nd time) (s.a.) Presidents 11 May 1979 - 11 May 1987 Tosiwo Nakayama (b. 1931 - d. 2007) Non-party 11 May 1987 - 11 May 1991 John Richard Haglelgam (b. 1949 - d. 2024) Non-party 11 May 1991 - 8 May 1997 Bailey Olter (b. 1932 - d. 1999) Non-party 8 Nov 1996 - 11 May 1999 Jacob Nena (b. 1941 - d. 2022) Non-party (acting for incapacitated Olter to 8 May 1997) 11 May 1999 - 11 May 2003 Leo Amy Falcam (b. 1935 - d. 2018) Non-party 11 May 2003 - 11 May 2007 Joseph John Urusemal (b. 1952) Non-party 11 May 2007 - 11 May 2015 Emmanuel "Manny" Mori (b. 1948) Non-party 11 May 2015 -11 May 2019 Peter Martin Christian (b. 1947) Non-party 11 May 2019 -11 May 2023 David W. Panuelo (b. 1964) Non-party 11 May 2023 - Wesley W. Simina (b. 1961) Non-party
No Formal Political Parties Exist
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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18 Jul 1947 Part of the UNTrust Territory of the PacificIslands (TTPI) (composed of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia [Caroline Islands], Northern Mariana Islands [minus Guam], and Palau [the TTPI is divided into sixdistricts: Marshall Islands, Ponape[incl. Kosrae], Truk, Yap, Palau, and Mariana Islands [and briefly Rota district10 Mar 1955 - 1 Jul 1962]). 9 Jan 1978 Northern Mariana Islands achieves Commonwealth status. 1 May 1979 Republic of theMarshall Islands formed from the Marshall Islands district. 10 May 1979 Federated States ofMicronesia formed from the districts of Ponape, Truk, and Yap. 1 Jan 1981 Republic ofPalau is formed from the Palau district. 3 Nov 1986 U.S. Presidential Proclamation 5564 (of 3 Nov 1986) declared that the Trusteeship Agreement for the Pacific Islands is no longer in effect as of 21 Oct 1986 with respect to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as of 3 Nov 1986with respect to the Federated States of Micronesia, as of 3 Nov 1986with respect tothe Northern Mariana Islands. 10 Jul 1987 High Commissioner retires TTPI, as Palau administration moves to Office of Territorial and International Affairs of the U.S. Department of Interior. 22 Dec 1990 United Nations formally endstrusteeship forChuuk (Truk), Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei (Ponape), Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands districts. 25 May 1994 United Nations formally ends trusteeship for Palau.
Military Governors of the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands (from 19 Jun 1944, also commanders-in-chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet [CINCPACFLT]) 14 Feb 1944 - 19 Jun 1944 John Henry Hoover (b. 1887 - d. 1970) Mil (commander, Central Pacific Forward Area) 19 Jun 1944 - 24 Nov 1945 Chester William Nimitz (b. 1885 - d. 1966) Mil 24 Nov 1945 - 3 Feb 1946 Raymond Ames Spruance (b. 1885 - d. 1969) Mil 3 Feb 1946 - 28 Feb 1947 John Howard Towers (b. 1885 - d. 1955) Mil 28 Feb 1947 - 18 Jul 1947 Louis Emil Denfeld (b. 1891 - d. 1972) Mil High Commissioners of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 18 Jul 1947 - 3 Dec 1947 Louis Emil Denfeld (s.a.) Mil 12 Jan 1948 - 30 Apr 1949 DeWitt Clinton Ramsey (b. 1888 - d. 1961) Mil 1 May 1949 - 7 Jan 1951 Arthur William Radford (b. 1896 - d. 1973) Mil 8 Jan 1951 - 11 Feb 1953 Elbert Duncan Thomas (b. 1883 - d. 1953) Dem 13 Mar 1953 - 1 Sep 1954 Frank Elbert Midkiff (b. 1887 - d. 1983) Rep 1 Sep 1954 - 1 May 1961 Delmas Henry Nucker (b. 1907 - d. 1985) Rep (acting to 26 Nov 1956) 1 May 1961 - 27 May 1966 Maurice Wilfred Goding (b. 1911 - d. 1989) Dem 27 May 1966 - 28 Feb 1969 William Robert Norwood (b. 1909 - d. 1981) Dem (acting to 1 Aug 1966) 28 Feb 1969 - 28 Mar 1969 Martin Patrick Mangan (acting) (b. 1920 - d. 2000) 28 Mar 1969 - 1 May 1969 Joseph F. Screen (acting) (commissioner for administration) 1 May 1969 - 1 Jul 1976 Edward Elliott Johnston (b. 1918 - d. 2011) Rep 1 Jul 1976 - 23 Feb 1977 Peter Tali Coleman (acting) (b. 1919 - d. 1997) Rep (deputy High Commissioner) 23 Feb 1977 - 9 Jul 1977 James Boyd Mackenzie (acting) (b. 1918 - d. 1978) (special assistant/District Affairs) 9 Jul 1977 - 30 Apr 1981 Adrian Paul Winkel (b. 1915 - d. 1994) Dem 1 May 1981 - 7 Dec 1981 Daniel Joseph High (acting) (b. 1938) 7 Dec 1981 - 10 Jul 1987 Janet Jenkins McCoy (f) (b. 1916 - d. 1995) Rep Director,Officeof Transition of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 3 Nov 1986 - 30 Sep 1991 Charles "Chuck" D. Jordan
Party abbreviations:Dem = Democratic Party (U.S. Democratic Party, liberal, center-left, est.1829);Rep= Republican Party (U.S. Republican Party, conservative, center-right, est.1854);Mil = Military
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