Charles S. Chieng is a Micronesian politician who is serving as the ninth and current governor of Yap since January 9, 2023.

Biography

In 1974, Chieng studied political science at the University of Guam, and transferred to the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Secondary Education. He then moved to Washington D.C. for his M.D. in Urban and Region Planning at DCU.^{[1][clarification needed]}

Chieng spent six years as supervisor for Raven Systems and Research Inc. and another six years as manager of Computer Microfilm International Corporation in Arlington, Virginia. In 1994, he became an Administrator of Automatic Data Processing for the FSM Finance Department.^[1]

Chieng served as a legislator from 2003 to 2015, where he was speaker of the 7th Yap State Legislature and a member and chair of the Resource, Education and Development Committee.

Chieng and his running mate, Francis Itimai ran in the election for governor of Yap State on November 8, 2022^[1] 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.^[2][3]