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

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Template:Abbr
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Albert Henry 1969 (cropped).jpg	Albert Henry Template:Small	4 August 1965	25 July 1978	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands Party	1965 1968 1972 1974
2	File:Sir Tom Davis 2005 (cropped).jpg	Thomas Davis Template:Small	25 July 1978	13 April 1983	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Party	1978
3	File:No image.png	Geoffrey Henry Template:Small	13 April 1983	16 November 1983	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands Party	[[March 1983 Cook Islands general election|1983 Template:Small]]
(2)	File:Sir Tom Davis 2005 (cropped).jpg	Thomas Davis Template:Small	16 November 1983	29 July 1987	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Party	[[November 1983 Cook Islands general election|1983 Template:Small]]
4	File:No image.png	Pupuke Robati Template:Small	29 July 1987	1 February 1989	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Party	–
(3)	File:No image.png	Geoffrey Henry Template:Small	1 February 1989	29 July 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands Party	1989 1994 1999
5	File:Joe Williams 7 April 2011.jpg	Joe Williams Template:Small	29 July 1999	18 November 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands Party	–
6	File:Terepai MAOATE.jpg	Terepai Maoate Template:Small	18 November 1999	11 February 2002	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Alliance Party	–
7	File:No image.png	Robert Woonton Template:Small	11 February 2002	11 December 2004	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Alliance Party	2004
8	File:Jim Marurai.jpg	Jim Marurai Template:Small	14 December 2004	29 November 2010	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Alliance Party Template:Small	–
						style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands First Party Template:Small	–
						style="background:Template:Party color" |	Democratic Party Template:Small	2006
9	File:Henry Puna 2015.jpg	Henry Puna Template:Small	30 November 2010	1 October 2020	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands Party	2010 2014 2018
10	File:Mark Brown Oct 2020.jpg	Mark Brown Template:Small	1 October 2020	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Cook Islands Party	2022	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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