Governor of American Samoa

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The Governor of American Samoa is the elected chief executive of this U.S. territory, responsible for overseeing its local government and administration.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
subnational executive office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction American Samoa ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Revised Constitution of American Samoa ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
deputy Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
electionSystem direct election ⓘ
eligibleVoters U.S. nationals and citizens resident in American Samoa ⓘ
firstHolder Benjamin Franklin Tilley ⓘ
governs unincorporated territory of American Samoa ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver American Samoa territorial agencies ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Aunuʻu ⓘ
Manuʻa Islands ⓘ
Swains Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tutuila ⓘ
hasPart Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
hasPower appoint territorial officials ⓘ
propose territorial budget ⓘ
sign territorial legislation ⓘ
veto territorial legislation ⓘ
headOfGovernment American Samoa ⓘ
headOfState American Samoa ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
jurisdiction executive branch of American Samoa ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Samoan ⓘ
legalStatus elected chief executive of American Samoa ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity American Samoa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Samoa Time Zone ⓘ
officeCreated 1900 ⓘ
officeHolder Lemanu Peleti Mauga ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime Lemanu Peleti Mauga, 2021 ⓘ
officeType territorial governor ⓘ
partOf Government of American Samoa ⓘ
reportsTo U.S. Secretary of the Interior (in certain federal matters) ⓘ
residence Government House, Utulei ⓘ
seat Pago Pago ⓘ
selectionMethod popular vote ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
subordinateTo Constitution of American Samoa ⓘ
laws of the United States ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits two consecutive terms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

government of American Samoa → hasElectionsFor → Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa → isDeputyOf → Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
Constitution of American Samoa → establishesOffice → Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
Government House, Utulei → occupant → Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
Government House, Utulei → operator → Office of the Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
linked to: Governor of American Samoa