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- Government
-
- Long-form name: Territory of American Samoa.
-
- Type: unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US.
-
- Capital: Pago Pago.
-
- Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US).
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- Independence: none (territory of the US).
-
- Constitution: ratified 1966, in effect 1967.
-
- National holiday: Flag Day, 17 April (1900).
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- Executive branch: US president, governor, lieutenant governor.
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- Legislative branch: bicameral Legislature (Fono) consists
- of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of
- Representatives.
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- Judicial branch: High Court.
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State--President George BUSH (since 20
- January 1989); Vice President Dan QUAYLE (since 20 January
- 1989);
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- Head of Government--Governor Peter Tali COLEMAN (since
- 20 January 1989); Lieutenant Governor Galea'i POUMELE (since
- NA 1989).
-
- Suffrage: universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are
- US nationals, not US citizens.
-
- Elections:
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- Governor--last held 7 November 1988 (next to be held November
- 1992); results--Peter T. Coleman was elected (percent of vote NA);
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- Senate--last held 7 November 1988 (next to be held November
- 1992); results--senators elected by county councils from
- 12 senate districts; seats--(18 total) number of seats by
- party NA;
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- House of Representatives--last held 7 November 1988 (next
- to be held November 1990); results--representatives popularly
- elected from 17 house districts; seats--(21 total, 20 elected
- and 1 nonvoting delegate from Swain's Island);
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- US House of Representatives--last held 19 November 1988
- (next to be held November 1990); results--Eni R. F. H. Faleomavaega
- elected as a nonvoting delegate.
-
- Communists: none.
-
- Diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US).
-
- Flag: blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based
- on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and
- white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is
- carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a
- staff and a war club.
-
- Note: administered by the US Department of Interior, Office
- of Territorial and International Affairs; indigenous inhabitants
- are US nationals, not citizens of the US.
-