Prime Minister of the Cook Islands

Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Coat of arms of the Cook Islands
Flag of the Cook Islands
Incumbent Mark Brown since 1 October 2020
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	PM
Member of	Cabinet of the Cook Islands, Parliament
Seat	Avarua
Appointer	Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Cook Islands[1]
Precursor	Leader of Government Business
Inaugural holder	Albert Henry (As Premier)
Formation	4 August 1965
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands

Politics of the Cook Islands
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The prime minister of the Cook Islands is the head of government of the Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand. The office was established in 1965, when self-government was first granted to the islands. Originally, the title "Premier" was used, but this was replaced by the title of "Prime Minister" in 1981.

List of officeholders[]

Key

  Cook Islands   Democratic

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Albert Henry (1907–1981)	4 August 1965	25 July 1978	12 years, 355 days	Cook Islands Party
2		Tom Davis (1917–2007)	25 July 1978	13 April 1983	4 years, 262 days	Democratic Party
3		Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012)	13 April 1983	16 November 1983	217 days	Cook Islands Party
4		Tom Davis (1917–2007)	16 November 1983	29 July 1987	3 years, 255 days	Democratic Party
5		Pupuke Robati (1925–2009)	29 July 1987	1 February 1989	1 year, 187 days	Democratic Party
6		Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012)	1 February 1989	29 July 1999	10 years, 178 days	Cook Islands Party
7		Joe Williams (1934–2020)	29 July 1999	18 November 1999	112 days	Cook Islands Party
8		Terepai Maoate (1934–2012)	18 November 1999	11 February 2002	2 years, 85 days	Democratic Alliance Party
9		Robert Woonton (1949–)	11 February 2002	11 December 2004	2 years, 304 days	Democratic Alliance Party
10		Jim Marurai (1947–2020)	14 December 2004	29 November 2010	5 years, 350 days	Democratic Alliance Party (2004–05) Cook Islands First Party (2005–06) Democratic Party (2006–2010)
11		Henry Puna (1949–)	30 November 2010	1 October 2020	9 years, 306 days	Cook Islands Party
12		Mark Brown[2]	1 October 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 90 days	Cook Islands Party

Living former prime ministers[]

As of December 2021, there are two former living Cook Island prime ministers, as seen below.

• Living former prime ministers of the Cook Islands
• 

  Robert Woonton
  served 2002-2004
  Born 1949 (age 72)

• 

  Henry Puna
  served 2010-2020
  Born 1949 (age 72)

The most recent former prime minister to die was Jim Marurai (served 2004–2010), in November 2020, aged 73.^[3]

See also[]

• Cook Islands
  • Politics of the Cook Islands
  • Monarchy in the Cook Islands
    • Queen's Representative
• Lists of incumbents

Notes[]

External links[]

• World Statesmen – Cook Islands