List of presidents 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]
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]