Person

Joseph Kabui

irst President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

b. 1954 CE – d. 2008 CE World The Far East

Joseph Canisius Kabui (1954 – 7 June 2008) was a secessionist leader and the first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, from 2005 to 2008. He was also the leader of the Bougainville People's Congress.