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Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago's aspiration of political independence from Papua New Guinea is to be a success, PNG Prime Minister James ...
Bougainville (/ ˈ b oʊ ɡ ən v ɪ l / BOH-gən-vil; [3] Tok Pisin: Bogenvil [4] [5]), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville [6] (Tok Pisin: Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the region also includes Buka Island and a number of outlying ...
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.
Martin Miriori – resident of Central Bougainville [6] Miriori is the older brother of former Bougainville President Joseph Kabui, who died in 2008. [6] He was a former international spokesperson for the Bougainville separatist movement. [6] John Momis – resident of South Bougainville and a member of the New Bougainville Party. [6]
Discussions about an independent Bougainville had been held as early as 1968. Following a meeting in Port Moresby between the two Bougainville MHAs (Paul Lapun and Donatus Mola) and around 25 Bougainvilleans, a proposal was put forward in the House of Assembly to hold a referendum to decide whether the island should remain part of Papua New Guinea, join the Solomon Islands, or become ...
James Tanis (born 1965? [3]) is a politician in Papua New Guinea who was elected President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in 2008 following the death of Joseph Kabui while in office, serving the remainder of the term from 2009 to 2010.
John Momis was born in Salamaua, Morobe Province, in the colonial Territory of New Guinea. [6] Some sources list Momis's birth year as 1942. [6] However, most media sources cite Momis's age as 71 years at the time of his election as President of Bougainville in June 2010, [1] which places his birth year at approximately 1938 or 1939.
He was also the leader of the Bougainville People's Congress. [1] Kabui was a commander in the Bougainville Revolutionary Army during the war in Bougainville in the 1990s. In June 2005, after the island gained autonomy within Papua New Guinea, he was elected as President of Bougainville by a large majority, winning 38,000 out of 69,385 votes. [1]