The deputy prime minister of the Cook Islands is the second most senior officer in the government of the Cook Islands. From 1965 to 1981, the position was called the deputy premier. When the office of premier was renamed to prime minister in 1981, the deputy premier became the deputy prime minister.
List of officeholders Key
No.NameTerm startTerm endParty 1Manea Tamarua19651967Thomas R. A. H. Davis & R. G. Crocombe (1979) Cook Islands Politics: The Inside Story, p75Cook Islands Party 2Tiakana Numanga19741977Cook Islands Party 3Apenera Short19741978Davis, p35Cook Islands Party 4Pupuke Robati 25 July 1978 13 April 1983Democratic Party 5Geoffrey Henry16 November 19831985Cook Islands Party 6Terepai Maoate19851 February 1989Democratic Party 7Inatio Akaruru1 February 19891999Cook Islands Party 8Norman George June 1999 October 1999New Alliance Party 9Tupou Faireka 16 November 1999 18 November 1999Cook Islands Party (8)Norman George 1 December 1999 July 2001New Alliance Party 10Robert Woonton July 200111 February 2002Democratic Party (5)Geoffrey Henry11 February 200230 January 2003Cook Islands Party (6)Terepai Maoate30 January 20035 November 2003Democratic Party 11Ngamau Munokoa 5 November 200319 November 2004Democratic Party (5)Geoffrey Henry19 November 20049 August 2005Cook Islands Party (6)Terepai Maoate9 August 200523 December 2009Democratic Party 12Robert Wigmore23 December 200930 November 2010Democratic Party 13Tom Marsters2 December 201010 June 2013Cook Islands Party 14Teariki Heather11 December 201314 June 2018Cook Islands Party 15Mark Brown14 June 20181 October 2020Cook Islands Party 16Robert Tapaitau1 October 202031 January 2024Independent 17Albert Nicholas16 February 2024IncumbentCook Islands Party
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