Post: | President |
Body: | the Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
Insignia: | Emblem of Autonomous region of Bougainville.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
Incumbent: | Ishmael Toroama |
Incumbentsince: | 25 September 2020 |
Deputy: | Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
Appointer: | Direct Election |
Termlength: | Five years and renewable once |
Formation: | 15 June 2005 |
Inaugural: | Joseph Kabui |
Website: | President of Bougainville |
The President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville governs the island, which is an autonomous entity within Papua New Guinea.
The first President of Bougainville was Joseph Kabui,[1] who was elected in June 2005,[1] 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]
Number | Name | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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1 | 7 June 2008 | Bougainville People's Congress | |||
- | John Tabinaman (acting) | 7 June 2008 | 6 January 2009 | ||
2 | 10 June 2010 | ||||
3 | 10 June 2010[3] | 10 June 2015 | New Bougainville Party | ||
25 September 2020 | |||||
4 | Incumbent |
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).[4] [5] [6]
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