Prime Minister of the Cook Islands

Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Minitia Ma‘ata o te Kūki ‘Airani (Cook Islands Māori) Paraimi Minita o te Kūki Airani (Penrhyn)
File:Coat of arms of the Cook Islands.svg Coat of arms of the Cook Islands
File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Flag of the Cook Islands
File:Mark Brown 2023 (cropped).jpg Incumbent Mark Brown since 1 October 2020
Type	Head of government
Abbreviation	PM
Member of	Cabinet of the Cook Islands, Parliament
Seat	Avarua
Appointer	King's Representative to the Cook Islands
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Cook Islands
Precursor	Leader of Government Business
Formation	4 August 1965
First holder	Albert Henry (As Premier)
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands

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 party		Elected	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Albert Henry 1969 (cropped).jpg	Albert Henry (1907–1981)	4 August 1965	25 July 1978	12 years, 355 days		Cook Islands Party	1965 1968 1972 1974
2	File:Sir Tom Davis 2005 (cropped).jpg	Thomas Davis (1917–2007)	25 July 1978	13 April 1983	4 years, 262 days		Democratic Party	1978
3	File:No image.png	Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012)	13 April 1983	16 November 1983	217 days		Cook Islands Party	1983 (Mar.)
(2)	File:Sir Tom Davis 2005 (cropped).jpg	Thomas Davis (1917–2007)	16 November 1983	29 July 1987	3 years, 255 days		Democratic Party	1983 (Nov.)
4	File:No image.png	Pupuke Robati (1925–2009)	29 July 1987	1 February 1989	1 year, 187 days		Democratic Party	–
(3)	File:No image.png	Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012)	1 February 1989	29 July 1999	10 years, 178 days		Cook Islands Party	1989 1994 1999
5	File:Joe Williams 7 April 2011.jpg	Joe Williams (1934–2020)	29 July 1999	18 November 1999	112 days		Cook Islands Party	–
6	File:Terepai MAOATE.jpg	Terepai Maoate (1934–2012)	18 November 1999	11 February 2002	2 years, 85 days		Democratic Alliance Party	–
7	File:No image.png	Robert Woonton (born 1949)	11 February 2002	11 December 2004	2 years, 304 days		Democratic Alliance Party	2004
8	File:Jim Marurai.jpg	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)	2006
9	File:Henry Puna 2015.jpg	Henry Puna (born 1949)	30 November 2010	1 October 2020	9 years, 306 days		Cook Islands Party	2010 2014 2018
10	File:Mark Brown Oct 2020.jpg	Mark Brown (born 1963)	1 October 2020	Incumbent	5 years, 255 days		Cook Islands Party	2022

Timeline

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from: 16/11/1983  till: 29/07/1987 color:DP         text:"Thomas Davis"
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from: 01/02/1989  till: 29/07/1999 color:CIP         text:"Geoffrey Henry"
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from: 29/07/1987  till: 01/02/1989 color:DP         text:"Pupuke Robati"
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from: 29/07/1999  till: 18/11/1999 color:CIP         text:"Joe Williams"
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from: 18/11/1999  till: 11/02/2002 color:DAP         text:"Terepai Maoate"
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from: 11/02/2002  till: 11/12/2004 color:DAP
from: 01/12/2004  till: 11/12/2004 color:CIFP         text:"Robert Woonton"
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from: 01/12/2004  till: 01/09/2006 color:CIFP
from: 01/09/2006  till: 29/11/2010 color:DP         text:"Jim Marurai"
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from: 29/11/2010  till: 01/10/2020 color:CIP         text:"Henry Puna"
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from: 01/10/2020 till: $Today color:CIP         text:"Mark Brown"

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See also

• Politics of the Cook Islands
• Monarchy in the Cook Islands
  • King's Representative

External links

• Office of the Prime Minister
• World Statesmen – Cook Islands