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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).
Independence: none (territory of the US).
Constitution: ratified 1966, in effect 1967.
National holiday: Flag Day, 17 April (1900).
Executive branch: US president, governor, lieutenant governor.
Legislative branch: bicameral Legislature (Fono) consists
of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of
Representatives.
Judicial branch: High Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--President George BUSH (since 20
January 1989); Vice President Dan QUAYLE (since 20 January
1989);
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:
Governor--last held 7 November 1988 (next to be held November
1992); results--Peter T. Coleman was elected (percent of vote NA);
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;
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);
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.