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, 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, and Vice-President John Tabinaman took over as Acting President until a new election was held."Funeral for Bougainville leader", BBC News, 10 June 2008.
President Took office Left office Tenure Party Election Vice-President 1 Joseph Kabui 15 June 2005 7 June 2008 Bougainville People's Congress 2005 Joseph Watawi John Tabinaman – John Tabinaman 7 June 2008 6 January 2009 Unknown – Mathias Salas 2 James Tanis 6 January 2009 10 June 2010 Bougainville Independence Movement 2008 Ezekiel Massat 3 John Momis 10 June 2010 25 September 2020 New Bougainville Party 2010 Patrick Nisira 2015 Raymond Masono 4 Ishmael Toroama 25 September 2020 Incumbent Bougainville People's Alliance Party 2020 Patrick Nisira 2025 Ezekiel Massat
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).
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
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