President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

The President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville governs the island, which is an autonomous entity within Papua New Guinea.

President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Emblem of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Incumbent Ishmael Toroama since 25 September 2020
Appointer	Direct Election
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Joseph Kabui
Formation	15 June 2005
Deputy	Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Website	President of Bougainville

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			Joseph Kabui (1954–2008) [1]	15 June 2005 – 7 June 2008 †	Bougainville People's Congress	2005		Joseph Watawi (until 2007)
								John Tabinaman (from 2007)
–			John Tabinaman (c. 1952–2021) Acting [2]	7 June 2008 – 6 January 2009	Unknown	–		Mathias Salas
2			James Tanis (born 1965?)	6 January 2009 – 10 June 2010	Bougainville People's Congress	2008		Ezekiel Massat
3			John Momis (born 1942) [3]	10 June 2010 – 25 September 2020	New Bougainville Party	2010		Patrick Nisira (until 2017)
						2015
								Raymond Masono (from 2017)
4			Ishmael Toroama (born 1968) [4]	25 September 2020 – Incumbent	Bougainville People's Alliance Party	2020		Patrick Nisira

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

1. "Bougainville president Kabui dies". The Age. 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
2. "Funeral for Bougainville leader", BBC News, 10 June 2008.
3. Laukai, Aloysius (2008-06-11). "Momis sworn in, Caretaker announced". New Dawn FM 95.3. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
4. Romulus, Masiu (23 September 2020). "Bougainville Declares New President Today". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. May, R. J. "8. Decentralisation: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back". State and society in Papua New Guinea: the first twenty-five years. Australian National University. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
6. "Provinces". rulers.org. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
7. "Parliamentary Education in Bougainville" (PDF). Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 12 April 2017.