Bougainville,officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville,is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island,while the region also includes Buka Island and a number of outlying islands and atolls. The current capital is Buka,situated on Buka Island.
Bougainville,an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea (PNG),has been inhabited by humans for at least 29,000 years,according to artefacts found in Kilu Cave on Buka Island. The region is named after Bougainville Island,the largest island of the Solomon Islands archipelago,but also contains a number of smaller islands.
Bougainville Independence Movement (BIM) was a political party in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville,of eastern Papua New Guinea.
James Tanis 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. He was previously the Vice President of the Bougainville People's Congress.
Ezekiel Massat is a Bougainvillean lawyer and politician. Massat was appointed the Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville by President James Tanis on January 19,2009. Bougainville is an autonomous region within Papua New Guinea.
General elections were held in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea from 6 to 24 May 2010.
John Momis is a Bougainvillean politician who served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea between 2010 and 2020.
Patrick Nisira is a Bougainvillean politician. He was Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville under President John Momis from 10 June 2010 to 22 February 2017. He was reappointed as vice president by Ishmael Toroama on 25 September 2020.
The Bougainville conflict,also known as the Bougainville Civil War,was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between PNG and the secessionist forces of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA),and between the BRA and other armed groups on Bougainville. The conflict was described by Bougainvillean President John Momis as the largest conflict in Oceania since the end of World War II in 1945,with an estimated 15,000–20,000 Bougainvilleans dead,although lower estimates place the toll at around 1,000–2,000.
A presidential and parliamentary election was held in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville between 11 May and 25 May 2015. Incumbent President John Momis won re-election,the first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to do so.
Timothy Masiu is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since July 2016,representing the electorate of South Bougainville Open for the People's Progress Party (2016–2017) and National Alliance Party (2017–present).
A non-binding independence referendum was held in Bougainville,an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea,between 23 November and 7 December 2019. The referendum question presented a choice between greater autonomy within Papua New Guinea and full independence;voters voted overwhelmingly (98.31%) for independence.
A presidential and parliamentary election was held in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville between 12 August and 1 September 2020. 440 candidates were contesting the 40 seats in the Bougainville House of Representatives,including 25 competing to be President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The new government will negotiate the outcome of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum,which saw 98.3% of voters supporting independence from Papua New Guinea.
Theonila Roka Matbob is a Bougainvillian politician and Cabinet Minister. She was the second woman in Bougainville to win an open electorate seat in the Bougainville House of Representatives.
Mathias Roman Salas is a Bougainvillean politician and former Cabinet minister. Salas is a former banker.
Events in the year 2021 in Papua New Guinea.
Yolande Geraldine Paul is the Minister of Primary Industries and Marine Resources for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The Bougainville People's Alliance Party (BPAP) is a Bougainvillean political party founded by Ishmael Toroama in 2019. In the 2020 Bougainville Presidential Election,Toroama,the BPAP candidate,won the election.
The inaugural presidential and parliamentary elections were held in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea from 20 May to 9 June 2005. Considered fair,peaceful and successful,the elections resulted in Joseph Kabui becoming the first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Joseph Watawi was the first Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville,an autonomous island of Papua New Guinea. After playing an important role in the island's conflict and peace process,Watawi was elected to office and served under the region's first President Joseph Kabui from 2005 to 2007.
