Charles Chieng
{{Short description|Governor of Yap State, Micronesia}}
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{{confused|text=the Taiwanese banker and politician Charles Chiang}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Honorable
| name = Charles Chieng
| image = Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Yap, Federated States of Micronesia Closing Ceremony (8643754) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Chieng in 2024
| order = 9th
| lieutenant = Francis Itimai
| term_start = 9 January 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Jesse Salalu
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|06|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Colonia, Yap
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party =
| spouse =
| father = John Thighten Chieng
| children =
| alma_mater = University of the Incarnate Word (B.A.)
| website = [https://chiengitimai2022.com/ chiengitimai2022.com]
| office = Governor of Yap
}}
Charles Sigfred Chieng (born 27 June 1954){{cite journal|title=CHIENG, CHARLES SIGFRED|journal=Who's Who Among Students In American Universities And Colleges|volume=47|author=H. Pettus Randall|year=1981|publisher=Randall Publishing Company}} is a Micronesian politician, and as of 9 January 2023, the ninth governor of Yap.
Biography
Chieng studied political science at the University of Guam. He obtained a bachelors in political science and a bachelors in secondary education from the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas. He has a masters degree in regional planning.
Chieng ran in the 2022 election for governor of Yap State against the incumbent governor Jesse Salalu and former Cabinet official James Gartamag Lukan. Chieng won the three-way election with a 44.2% plurality of the vote corresponding to 1,630 votes.
References
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{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/112579041560654/photos/a.121783967306828/127106076774617/|title=The biography of Mr. Charles S. Chieng for Governor|website=Facebook |date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923230354/https://www.facebook.com/112579041560654/photos/a.121783967306828/127106076774617/|archive-date=23 September 2023|url-status=dead}}
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External links
- [http://fsmlaw.org/yap/index.htm Yap - Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia]
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{{Governors of Yap}}
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