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| Prime Minister of the Cook Islands | |
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| Minitia Ma‘ata o te Kūki ‘Airani (Cook Islands Māori) Paraimi Minita o te Kūki Airani (Penrhyn) | |
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| 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[1] |
| Precursor | Leader of Government Business |
| Formation | 4 August 1965 |
| First holder | Albert Henry (As Premier) |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands |
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Theprime minister of the Cook Islands is thehead of government of theCook Islands, a self-governing territory infree association withNew Zealand. The office was established in 1965, whenself-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.
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Albert Henry (1907–1981) | 4 August 1965 | 25 July 1978 | 12 years, 355 days | Cook Islands Party | 1965 1968 1972 1974 | ||
| 2 | .jpg) | Thomas Davis (1917–2007) | 25 July 1978 | 13 April 1983 | 4 years, 262 days | Democratic Party | 1978 | ||
| 3 |  | Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012) | 13 April 1983 | 16 November 1983 | 217 days | Cook Islands Party | 1983(Mar.) | ||
| (2) | | Thomas Davis (1917–2007) | 16 November 1983 | 29 July 1987 | 3 years, 255 days | Democratic Party | 1983(Nov.) | ||
| 4 | | Pupuke Robati (1925–2009) | 29 July 1987 | 1 February 1989 | 1 year, 187 days | Democratic Party | – | ||
| (3) | | Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012) | 1 February 1989 | 29 July 1999 | 10 years, 178 days | Cook Islands Party | 1989 1994 1999 | ||
| 5 |  | Joe Williams (1934–2020) | 29 July 1999 | 18 November 1999 | 112 days | Cook Islands Party | – | ||
| 6 |  | Terepai Maoate (1934–2012) | 18 November 1999 | 11 February 2002 | 2 years, 85 days | Democratic Alliance Party | – | ||
| 7 | | Robert Woonton (born 1949) | 11 February 2002 | 11 December 2004 | 2 years, 304 days | Democratic Alliance Party | 2004 | ||
| 8 |  | 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 |  | Henry Puna (born 1949) | 30 November 2010 | 1 October 2020 | 9 years, 306 days | Cook Islands Party | 2010 2014 2018 | ||
| 10 |  | Mark Brown (born 1963) | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | 5 years, 24 days | Cook Islands Party | 2022 | [2] | |
| Leader of Government Business |
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| Premier |
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