Politics of American Samoa takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. American Samoa is a unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior. Its constitution was ratified 1966 and came into effect 1967. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the legislature. The party system is a copy of the United States party system. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

Executive branch

|President of the United States
|George W. Bush
|Republican
|20 January 2001
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|Governor
|Togiola Tulafono
|Democrat
|26 March 2003
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The governor and the lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms.

Legislative branch

The Legislature or Fono has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 18 members, elected for a two year term, seventeen in single-seat constituencies and one by a public meeting on Swain Island. The Senate alos has 18 members, elected for a four year term by and from the chiefs of the islands.

Political parties and elections

At the 2 November 2004 election Eni F. H. Faleomavaega of the Democratic Party (United States) defeated the Republican candidate and was re-elected.

Judicial branch

The High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the United States Secretary of the Interior)

International organization participation

ESCAP (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, SPC

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