Senate of the Congress of Micronesia

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The Senate of the Congress of Micronesia was the upper legislative chamber of the former Congress that served as the national legislature for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands before the establishment of the Federated States of Micronesia.

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Senate of the Congress of Micronesia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber
upper house
appliesToJurisdiction Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
chamberOf bicameral legislature
composedOf senators
country Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
dissolutionReason creation of successor independent and self-governing states in Micronesia
dissolvedIn 1979
followedBy Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasHouseType upper house
hasLanguage English
local Micronesian languages
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver internal affairs of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
hasLegislativeSubject budget of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
public administration in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
territorial laws
hasNumberOfChambersInParliament 2
hasRole upper legislative chamber
historicalPeriod Cold War era
linked to: Cold War
isPartOfHistoryOf Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Republic of Palau
linked to: Palau

Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands
jurisdiction Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
legislativeBodyFor Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
legislativeProcess bicameral legislative procedure
legislatureType territorial legislature
locatedIn Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
meetsIn Saipan
operatedUnder United Nations Trust Territory system
operatedUnderAdministrationOf United States
partOf Congress of Micronesia
national legislature of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
precededBy Council of Micronesia
replaced earlier advisory councils of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
replacedBy Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
represents districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
seat Saipan
status defunct

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Congress of Micronesia hasPart Senate of the Congress of Micronesia
House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia hasCounterpart Senate of the Congress of Micronesia