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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.
He subsequently launched the Bougainville People’s Alliance Party to contest the Bougainville House of Representatives. [8] He performed well in the election, leading the count at the 21st elimination, [9] and ultimately winning the presidency. [1] [10] [11] He was formally sworn in as president on 25 September 2020. [12]
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.
The Constitution of Bougainville specifies that the Autonomous Bougainville Government shall consist of three branches: [2] Executive – the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, who chairs the Bougainville Executive Council; Legislative – the Bougainville House of Representatives (39 elected members and 2 ex officio members).
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]
President John Momis confirmed that Bougainville would hold a non-binding independence referendum in 2019. [30] The governments of both Bougainville and Papua New Guinea held a two-week referendum period which began on 23 November 2019 and closed on 7 December 2019, which is the final step in the Bougainville Peace Agreement. [ 31 ]
Bougainville is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. At regional level, Bougainville elects a President and a House of Representatives. [1] A non-binding independence referendum was held in 2019. In this referendum, 98% of voters voted in favour of independence. [2]
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.