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

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]

List of Presidents of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Number	Name	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Joseph Kabui	15 June 2005	7 June 2008	Bougainville People's Congress
-	John Tabinaman (acting)	7 June 2008	6 January 2009
2	James Tanis	6 January 2009	10 June 2010	Bougainville People's Congress
3	John Momis	10 June 2010[3]	10 June 2015	New Bougainville Party
		10 June 2015	25 September 2020
4	Ishmael Toroama	25 September 2020	Incumbent	Bougainville People’s Alliance Party

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).[4][5][6]

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)

Premier	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. 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.
5. "Provinces". rulers.org. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
6. "Parliamentary Education in Bougainville" (PDF). Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 12 April 2017.