President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
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The President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville governs the island, which is an autonomous entity within Papua New Guinea.
List of presidents of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
The first President of Bougainville was Joseph Kabui,[1] who was elected in June 2005, following the 2000 peace agreement which ended the Bougainville War. Kabui died of an apparent heart attack on 7 June 2008,[1] and Vice-President John Tabinaman took over as Acting President until a new election was held.[2]
| No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election | Vice-President | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | File:Emblem of Autonomous region of Bougainville.svg | Joseph Kabui (1954–2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [1] |
15 June 2005 – 7 June 2008 † |
Bougainville People's Congress | 2005 | Joseph Watawi (until 2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| John Tabinaman (from 2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| – | File:Emblem of Autonomous region of Bougainville.svg | John Tabinaman (c. 1952–2021) ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [2] |
7 June 2008 – 6 January 2009 |
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| 2 | style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | File:James Tanis (cropped).png | James Tanis (born 1965?)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 January 2009 – 10 June 2010 |
Bougainville People's Congress | 2008 | style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | Ezekiel Massat |
| 3 | rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | File:John Momis ArawaHospital03 (cropped).jpg | John Momis (born 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [3] |
10 June 2010 – 25 September 2020 |
New Bougainville Party | 2010 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | Patrick Nisira (until 2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2015 | ||||||||
| Raymond Masono (from 2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| 4 | style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | File:Ishmael Toroama.jpg | Ishmael Toroama (born 1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [4] |
25 September 2020 – Incumbent |
Bougainville People's Alliance Party | 2020 | style="background-color:Template:Party color;" | | Patrick Nisira |
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Previous regional leaders
Bougainville has been headed by several different types of administration: a decentralised administration headed by a Premier (as North Solomons Province from 1975 to 1990), an appointed administrator during the height of the Bougainville Civil War (from 1990 to 1995), a Premier heading the Bougainville Transitional Government (from 1995 to 1998), the co-chairmen of the Bougainville Constituent Assembly (1999), a Governor heading a provincial government as in other parts of Papua New Guinea (2000 to 2005) and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (since 2005).[5][6][7]
President of the secessionist Republic of North Solomons (1975)
| Premier | Term |
|---|---|
| Alexis Sarei | 1975 |
Premiers (1975–1990)
| Premier | Term |
|---|---|
| Alexis Sarei | 1975–1980 |
| Leo Hannett | 1980–1984 |
| Alexis Sarei | 1984–1987 |
| Joseph Kabui | 1987–1990 |
Administrators (1990–1995)
| Premier | Term |
|---|---|
| Sam Tulo | 1990–1995 |
Premiers (1995–1998)
| Premier | Term |
|---|---|
| Theodore Miriung | 1995–1996 |
| Gerard Sinato | 1996–1998 |
Bougainville Constituent Assembly Co-chairmen (1999)
| Premier | Term |
|---|---|
| Gerard Sinato and Joseph Kabui | January 1999 – December 1999 |
Governors (1999–2005)
| Governor | Term |
|---|---|
| John Momis | 1999–2005 |
References
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