Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Cook Islands’ head of government
(Redirected from List of Prime Ministers 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.
| Prime Minister of the Cook Islands | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Cook Islands | |
| Inaugural holder | Albert Henry |
| Formation | 4 August 1965 |
The office was created in 1965, when self-government was first granted to the islands.
List
change| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Tenure | Political affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1 | Albert Henry (1907–1981) |
4 August 1965 | 25 July 1978 | Cook Islands Party | |
| 2 | Tom Davis (1917–2007) |
25 July 1978 | 13 April 1983 | Democratic Party | |
| 3 | Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012) |
13 April 1983 | 16 November 1983 | Cook Islands Party | |
| (2) | Tom Davis (1917–2007) |
16 November 1983 | 29 July 1987 | Democratic Party | |
| 4 | Pupuke Robati (1925–2009) |
29 July 1987 | 1 February 1989 | Democratic Party | |
| (3) | Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012) |
1 February 1989 | 29 July 1999 | Cook Islands Party | |
| 5 | Joe Williams (1934–2020) |
29 July 1999 | 18 November 1999 | Cook Islands Party | |
| 6 | Terepai Maoate (1934–2012) |
18 November 1999 | 11 February 2002 | Democratic Alliance Party | |
| 7 | Robert Woonton (1949–) |
11 February 2002 | 11 December 2004 | Democratic Alliance Party | |
| 8 | Jim Marurai (1947–2020) |
14 December 2004 | 29 November 2010 | Democratic Alliance Party (2004–05) Cook Islands First Party (2005–06) Democratic Party (2006–2010) | |
| 9 | Henry Puna (1949–) |
30 November 2010 | 1 October 2020 | Cook Islands Party | |
| 10 | Mark Brown | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Cook Islands Party | |