2nd President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
In office 6 January 2009 – 10 June 2010[1]
Preceded by
John Tabinaman (acting)
Succeeded by
John Momis
Personal details
Born
1965? Panam Village, Lamane[2]
Political party
Bougainville People's Congress
James Tanis (born 1965?[3]) 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.[4]
^Laukai, Aloysius (11 June 2008). "Momis sworn in, Caretaker announced". New Dawn FM 95.3. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
^"Bougainville swears in new president". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 2009.
^"Un ancien sécessionniste élu Président de Bougainville" Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Australia, 30 December 2008
^Geraldine Coutts (1 January 2009). "Bougainville President elect prepares for swearing in ceremony". Radio Australia.
the BRA fought the Papua New Guinea military. Tanis is a former guerrilla and commander in the BRA. Tanis has been described as having been "once closely...
creation was announced on 6 April 2005 by JamesTanis, who invited rebel leader Francis Ona to lead the group. Tanis had been the Bougainville Peace Minister...
president while an election to fill the unexpired term was organised. JamesTanis won that election in December 2008 and served until the inauguration...
incumbent President JamesTanis, received estimated 17,205 votes. Momis won the popular vote in both South Bougainville and Tanis' home region of Central...
Central Bougainville Siara is a lawyer by profession. JamesTanis – resident of Central Bougainville. Tanis, the incumbent president of Bougainville first elected...
president while an election to fill the unexpired term was organised. JamesTanis won that election in December 2008 and served until the inauguration...
popular election subsequently began; it was held in December 2008, with JamesTanis emerging as the winner. President pays tribute to Late Tabinaman 2005...
Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville by President JamesTanis on January 19, 2009. Bougainville is an autonomous region within Papua...
written by Tom LaStrange. The current maintainer of tvtwm is Chris Ross. JamesTanis believes he may be the only remaining user of tvtwm, and placed a notice...
President JamesTanis. Tanis was defeated for re-election by John Momis in the 2010 presidential election. Nisira was one of the few members of Tanis' cabinet...
bougainville-copper.eu (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 May 2020.. "Tanis is ABG leader". PNG Post-Courier. 29 December 2008. "Tanis sworn in as new president of PNG's Bougainville...
in the 2008 presidential by-election after Kabui's death, but lost to JamesTanis. Momis returned as leader of the party in August 2009. Momis won the...
unexpectedly died in office in 2008, and former BRA fighter JamesTanis 2008 was elected to replace him. Tanis lost the 2010 election to John Momis, who was re-elected...
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62 Kane, p. 130 Kane, p. 71 Neill, p. 134 Latourette, 1953, p. 939 JamesTanis, "Reformed Pietism and Protestant Missions," Harvard Theological Review...
People's Congress - John Tabinaman (acting) 7 June 2008 6 January 2009 2 JamesTanis 6 January 2009 10 June 2010 Bougainville People's Congress 3 John Momis...
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election, and finished second out of fourteen candidates, defeated by JamesTanis. Akoitai died on 17 December 2021. "Hon. Sam Akoitai MP" Archived 7 July...
the Native reservation and rivals to Tanis. They recruit Tanis's enforcers to work with them using sex, but Tanis wins them back with her superior cooking...
Tani (alternatively Miric, Adi–Galo–Mising–Nishi-Tagin (Bradley 1997), or Abor–Miri–Dafla (Matisoff 2003)), is a branch of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken...
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candidates are contesting the presidency, including former President JamesTanis, former soldier Thomas Raivet, MP Fidelis Semoso, lawyer Paul Nerau,...
Government (ABG) presidential election. She stood against the then president JamesTanis, as well as John Momis, Reuben Siara, Robert Atsir, Martin Miriori and...
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