The President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville governs the island, which is an autonomous entity within Papua New Guinea.

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.

[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).

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