Post: | Vice-President |
Body: | the Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
Insignia: | Emblem of Autonomous region of Bougainville.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
Incumbent: | Patrick Nisira |
Incumbentsince: | 25 September 2020 |
Appointer: | President |
Termlength: | Five years, renewable once |
Formation: | 15 June 2005 |
Inaugural: | Joseph Watawi |
The Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is the second highest office in the province, which is an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. The current Vice-President is Patrick Nisira, who was sworn in on 25 September 2020 after his appointment by President Ishmael Toroama.[1]
The Vice-President is appointed by the President from among the members of the House of Representatives from one region other than the region from which the President comes from.[2]
No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election | President | |||
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1 | Joseph Watawi | 15 June 2005 – 15 May 2007 | Unknown | 2005 | Joseph Kabui | ||||
2 | John Tabinaman [3] [4] | 15 May 2007 – 7 June 2008 | Unknown | – | |||||
– | Mathias Salas [5] | 7 June 2008 – 19 January 2009 | Bougainville People's Congress | – | John Tabinaman | ||||
3 | Ezekiel Massat | 19 January 2009 – 10 June 2010 | Bougainville People's Congress | 2008 | James Tanis | ||||
4 | Patrick Nisira [6] [7] | 10 June 2010 – 22 February 2017 | Independent | 2010 | John Momis | ||||
2015 | |||||||||
5 | Raymond Masono | 22 February 2017 – 25 September 2020 | Unknown | – | |||||
Patrick Nisira | 25 September 2020 – Incumbent | Independent | 2020 | Ishmael Toroama |