caption lieutenant predecessor successor birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
wesly simina in 2008 johnson elimo ansito walter johnson elimo 1961 governor of chuuk state july 1 , 2005 wesley simina.jpg wesly simina
 july 27 , 2011 wesly simina
wesly simina

wesly w. simina -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- is a micronesian politician .
he has served as the governor of chuuk state , one of the four states that constitute the federated states of micronesia , since july 1 , 2005 .
simina was re-elected to a second term as governor of chuuk in a 2009 runoff election against gillian n. doone , the son of former governor gideon doone .
he and lt. governor johnson elimo were sworn into their second terms on july 2 , 2009 , in an inauguration ceremony held at the saramen chuuk development center at saramen chuuk high school in weno , chuuk .
simina resigned as governor in july 2011 to become chuuk 's at-large senator in the national congress of the federated states of micronesia .
chuuk lt. governor johnson elimo immediately became the acting governor of chuuk upon simina 's resignations .
elimo won a special gubernatorial election on august 24 , 2011 , to serve out the remainder of siminia 's unexpired term .
governor elimo won the election with 7,945 ; alexander narruhn came in second with 6,913 votes , while redley killion placed third with 3,692 .
