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{{Short description|Head of the region within Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox Political post
|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
|image           =
|imagesize       = 165px
|incumbent       = [[Ishmael Toroama]]
|incumbentsince  = 25 September 2020
|residence       =
|style           =
|deputy          = [[Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville]]
|appointer       = Direct Election
|termlength      = Five years, renewable once
|formation       = 15 June 2005
|inaugural       = [[Joseph Kabui]]
|website         = [https://www.abg.gov.pg/cabinet-ministers/profile/government-president President of Bougainville]
}}
{{Politics of Bougainville}}
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]],<ref name="age">{{cite news |title=Bougainville president Kabui dies|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/bougainville-president-kabui-dies-20080607-2n4n.html |work= [[The Age]] |date=2008-06-07 |accessdate=2008-06-07}}</ref> who was elected in June 2005, following the 2000 peace agreement which ended the [[Bougainville Civil War|Bougainville War]]. Kabui died of an apparent [[heart attack]] on 7 June 2008,<ref name="age" /> and Vice-President [[John Tabinaman]] took over as Acting President until a new election was held.<ref name="acting">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7445626.stm "Funeral for Bougainville leader"], BBC News, 10 June 2008.</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" | No.
! Image
! Name
! Term
! Party
! Election
! colspan="2" | [[Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville|Vice-President]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Bougainville People's Congress}};" | &nbsp;
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Emblem of Autonomous region of Bougainville.svg|150px]]
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Joseph Kabui]]'''<br>{{small|(1954–2008)}}<br><ref name="age" />
| rowspan="2" | 15 June 2005<br>–<br>7 June 2008 †
| rowspan="2" | [[Bougainville People's Congress]]
| rowspan="2" | [[2005 Bougainvillean general election|2005]]
|<!-- This is a party color field. Fill this with whatever party Watawi belonged to, if any. -->
|[[Joseph Watawi]] {{small|(until 2007)}}
|-
|<!-- This is a party color field. Fill this with whatever party Tabinaman belonged to, if any. -->
|[[John Tabinaman]] {{small|(from 2007)}}
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
!–
|<!-- This is a party color field. Fill this with whatever party Tabinaman belonged to, if any. -->
|[[File:Emblem of Autonomous region of Bougainville.svg|150px]]
|[[John Tabinaman]]<br>{{small|(c. 1952–2021)<br>''Acting''}}<br><ref name="acting" />
|7 June 2008<br>–<br>6 January 2009
|''Unknown''
|–
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bougainville People's Congress}};" | &nbsp;
|[[Mathias Salas]]
|-
!2
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bougainville People's Congress}};" | &nbsp;
|[[File:James Tanis (cropped).png|150px]]
|'''[[James Tanis]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1965?)}}
|6 January 2009<br>–<br>10 June 2010
|[[Bougainville People's Congress]]
|[[2008 Bougainvillean presidential election|2008]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bougainville People's Congress}};" | &nbsp;
|[[Ezekiel Massat]]
|-
! rowspan="3" | 3
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|New Bougainville Party}};" | &nbsp;
| rowspan="3" | [[File:John Momis ArawaHospital03 (cropped).jpg|150px]]
| rowspan="3" | '''[[John Momis]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)}}<br><ref name=newdawn>{{cite news |first=Aloysius|last=Laukai|title=Momis sworn in, Caretaker announced|url= http://bougainville.typepad.com/newdawn/2010/06/100610caretaker-announced-by-aloysius-laukai--abg-president-john-momis-was-sworn-into-office-by-bougainvilles-chief-magist.html|work=[[New Dawn FM 95.3]]|date=2008-06-11 |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | 10 June 2010<br>–<br>25 September 2020
| rowspan="3" | [[New Bougainville Party]]
| [[2010 Bougainvillean general election|2010]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" | &nbsp;
| rowspan="2" | [[Patrick Nisira]] {{small|(until 2017)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2015 Bougainvillean general election|2015]]
|-
|<!-- This is a party color field. Fill this with whatever party Masono belonged to, if any. -->
| [[Raymond Masono]] {{small|(from 2017)}}
|-
!4
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bougainville People's Alliance Party}};" | &nbsp;
|[[File:Ishmael Toroama.jpg|150px]]
|'''[[Ishmael Toroama]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1968)}}<br><ref>{{cite news |last1=Romulus |first1=Masiu |title=Bougainville Declares New President Today |url=https://postcourier.com.pg/bougainville-declares-new-president-today/ |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier |date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
|25 September 2020<br>–<br>''Incumbent''
|[[Bougainville People's Alliance Party]]
|[[2020 Bougainvillean general election|2020]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" | &nbsp;
|[[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).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p66801/mobile/ch08.html | title=8. Decentralisation: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back | publisher=Australian National University | work=State and society in Papua New Guinea: the first twenty-five years | accessdate=31 March 2017 | author=May, R. J.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rulers.org/pngprov.html | title=Provinces | publisher=rulers.org | accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/education/APEC_2011/04_EdwinKenehata_Bougainville_JurisRep.pdf | title=Parliamentary Education in Bougainville | publisher=Parliament of Queensland | accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref>
===President of the secessionist [[Republic of North Solomons]] (1975)===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Premier'''
! '''Term'''
|-
|| [[Alexis Sarei]] || 1975
|-
|}
===Premiers (1975–1990)===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Premier'''
! '''Term'''
|-
|| [[Alexis Sarei]] || 1975–1980
|-
|| [[Leo Hannett]] || 1980–1984
|-
|| [[Alexis Sarei]] || 1984–1987
|-
|| [[Joseph Kabui]] || 1987–1990
|-
|}
===Administrators (1990–1995)===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Premier'''
! '''Term'''
|-
|| [[Sam Tulo]] || 1990–1995
|-
|}
===Premiers (1995–1998)===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Premier'''
! '''Term'''
|-
|| [[Theodore Miriung]] || 1995–1996
|-
|| [[Gerard Sinato]] || 1996–1998
|-
|}
===Bougainville Constituent Assembly Co-chairmen (1999)===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Premier'''
! '''Term'''
|-
|| [[Gerard Sinato]] and [[Joseph Kabui]] || January 1999 – December 1999
|-
|}
===Governors (1999–2005)===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Governor'''
! '''Term'''
|-
|| [[John Momis]] || 1999–2005
|-
|}
==References==
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{{Presidents of Bougainville}}
{{Bougainvillean elections}}
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