Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Joe BIDEN
• Head of Government: Governor Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA
• Assembly: American Samoa has a bicameral Legislature (Fono) consisting of the Senate with 18 seats and the House of Representatives with 21 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by an electoral college to serve a 4-year term.
• Governor is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Senate 18 members are selected by regional governing councils to serve 2-year terms.* 
• In the House of Representatives, 20 members are elected by popular vote to serve 2-year terms and 1 member is elected by public meeting on Swains Island to serve a 2-year term.**

* Senators are selected by local chiefs through a method called faa-Samoa, showing that they are in good standing in the community.

** The member elected by public meeting on Swains Island is a nonvoting member of the House of Representatives