The American Samoa Fono is the territorial legislature of American Samoa. Like most states and territorial legislatures of the United States, it is a bicameral...

of American Samoa. 1st American Samoa Fono, 1948 8th American Samoa Fono, ca.1963 11th American Samoa Fono, ca.1971 16th American Samoa Fono, ca.1979 [1]...

although four seats are uncontested. List of American Samoa Fono Frisk, Garrett (July 21, 2023). "We Asked Every Member of the House if They're Running in...

Department of the Interior to permit elections. List of American Samoa Fono Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration...

The American Samoa House of Representatives is the lower house of the American Samoa Fono. The House consists of 21 members serving two-year terms, with...

The American Samoa Senate is the upper house of the American Samoa Fono. The Senate, like the lower House of Representatives, is a nonpartisan body. It...

faʻa Sāmoa is the language and customs, and the fa'amatai the protocols of the fono (council) and the chiefly system. The fa'amatai and the fono take...

of Tutuila.: 1  It is also the administrative capital of American Samoa. It is the location of the American Samoa Fono (legislature), and is listed in...

president of the American Samoa Senate is the presiding officer of that legislature. List of American Samoa Fono American Samoa Legislature (Fono), American Samoa...

Government, American Samoa Government. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. American Samoa Legislature (Fono), American Samoa Government....

PAHNG-gaw-PAHNG-gaw; Samoan: Samoan pronunciation: [ˈpaŋo ˈpaŋo]) is the capital of American Samoa. It is in Maoputasi County on Tutuila, the main island of American Samoa...

the chiefs of the islands. The Fono is located in Fagatogo. The judiciary of American Samoa is composed of the High Court of American Samoa, a District...

for non-Samoans. At the local level, much of the country's civil and criminal matters are dealt with by some 360 village chief councils, Fono o Matai...

from 1967: List of American Samoa Fono Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee...

Although American Samoa will not participate in the 2024 presidential election because it is a U.S. territory and not a state, it participated in the U...

system of Samoa, central to the organization of Samoan society. It is the traditional indigenous form of governance in both Samoas, comprising American Samoa...

state: President of the United States Head of government: Governor of American Samoa Cabinet of American Samoa American Samoa Fono (bicameral and nonpartisan)...

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa (Samoan: Sāmoa i Sisifo), is an island country in Polynesia, consisting...

to agree to amend the Constitution of American Samoa to give the Fono, rather than the United States Secretary of the Interior, the power to override...

into Samoa (Western Samoa, Independent Samoa) and American Samoa (Eastern Samoa). The pre-colonial history of Eastern Samoa (now American Samoa) is inextricably...

The government of American Samoa consists of a locally elected governor, lieutenant governor and the American Samoa Fono, which consists of an 18-member...

legislature of the state of Washington", but the legislature brands itself as the "Washington State Legislature". The American Samoa House of Representatives also...

workers should be Samoan or part-Samoan. In the 1960 American Samoan constitution guaranteed the islanders a non-voting delegate to the Fono. A 2022 constitutional...

American Samoa on 3 November 2020. Voters elected a governor and lieutenant governor, members of the House of Representatives and the American Samoan...

the Caribbean Sea and eleven in the Pacific Ocean. Five territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin...

island of American Samoa and is part of the archipelago of the Samoan Islands. It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands chain of the Central...

(head of state) of Samoa is similar to a constitutional monarch, but is now elected by the fono (legislature) for five years. Until the death of Malietoa...

Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively...

registered voters in Maʻopūtasi County as of 2016: 1,911 females and 1,596 males. American Samoa Fono, the American Samoa legislature in Fagatogo Blunts Point...

village in southwestern Tutuila, the main island of American Samoa. It is located on the eastern end of Leone Bay. The village is known for its beautiful...