John Tabinaman (c. 1952 – 7 November 2021[1]) was the Acting President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea, from 7 June 2008 to 6 January 2009.
Tabinaman was a member of the regional House of Representatives for Mahari constituency, elected in 2005 with 42.9 percent of the vote in a five-way race.
[2] Tabinaman was sworn in as Vice President of Bougainville on 15 May 2007 and also held the ministerial portfolios for Public Service, Planning and Implementation, and Peace and Autonomy.
[3][4] He succeeded Joseph Watawi, who was demoted after an incident of public drunkenness at Amun village caused a major scandal.
A by-election was held in Mahari constituency, which was won by Carol Poli, bringing the number of women in the Bougainville House of Representatives to five.