Governor of Peleliu

The governor of Peleliu is the head of government of Peleliu. The position was established in 1983 and a new governor is sworn in on 1 January unless they resign during their term.^[1][2] It is the only state in Palau to have elections every three years instead of every two or four years.^[3]

Governor of Peleliu
Incumbent Emais Roberts since 1 January 2022
Term length	Three years
Inaugural holder	Yukio Shmull
Formation	1983
Website	https://www.palaugov.pw/states/peliliu/

Regulations

Article VII of the Peleliu constitution states that to be eligible for governor a person "must be a citizen of Palau and a person of Peleliu".^[4] They must also be at least 35 years old, must not have been convicted of a felony at the time of an election, unless pardoned, and can not be employed by the state government, national government or serve in the Palau National Congress concurrently whilst governor.^[4]

Furthermore, it states that the governor shall be elected in a state-wide election for a term of 3 years and that a person can not serve as governor for more than 3 consecutive terms.^[4] Additionally, the governor must reside in the state during their term.^[4] The governor may be impeached and removed from office for treason, bribery or other serious crimes by a vote of no less than two-thirds of the members of the state legislature.^[4] If the office becomes vacant and there is more than 180 days remaining in the unexpired term, the speaker of the house becomes governor and must call a special election within 30 days to fill the vacancy.^[4]

List of governors

No.	Picture	Name	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Yukio Shmull (died 2018)[1]	1 January 1983[1]	1 January 1986[1]	3 years, 0 days
2		Timarong Sisior	1 January 1986[1]	1 January 1992[5]	6 years, 0 days
3		Hinao Soalablai	1 January 1992[6]	1 January 1995[7]	3 years, 0 days
4		Jackson Ngiraingas	1 January 1995[7]	1 January 2001[7]	6 years, 0 days
5		Timarong Sisior	1 January 2001[8]	1 January 2004[8]	3 years, 0 days
6		Jackson Ngiraingas	1 January 2004[9]	14 February 2009[10]	5 years, 44 days
-		Kalbesang Soalablai (acting)	14 February 2009[11]	17 March 2009[11]	31 days
7		Kangichi Uchau	17 March 2009[12]	January 1, 2013[13]	3 years, 290 days
8		Temmy Shmull (1947–2025)[14]	1 January 2013[13]	1 January 2022[2]	9 years, 0 days
9		Emais Roberts	1 January 2022[2]	Incumbent	3 years, 208 days

See also

• List of current state governors in Palau

Notes

^A This is most likely an error as according to sources, he was governor for just over 11 years.^[6][8]