Jesse John Salalu is a Micronesian politician who served as the eighth Governor of Yap from December 29, 2021 to January 9, 2023.
[2] Prior to running for public office, Salalu served as a teacher, high school principal, and regional administrator for the Neighboring Islands at the Yap State Department of Education.
[6] On 21 March 2022, 40 doctors and nurses resigned from the state hospital after Salalu's administration refused to listen to requests to raise wages.
Their grievances include: understaffing, low salaries, which led to an inability to keep qualified doctors, temporary contracts setup by the Falan government expiring, and the Yap legislature not approving the JEMCO (US-FSM Joint Economic Management Committee) grant that was meant for wage increases for those working at the hospital.
[8] After Salalu declined to meet with the doctors and nurses, they turned in their letters of resignation to the Office on 29 March.