Ezekiel Massat

Ezekiel Massat
Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
In office
January 19, 2009 – June 10, 2010
PresidentJames Tanis
Preceded byJohn Tabinaman
Succeeded byPatrick Nisira
Attorney General
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 October 2020
PresidentIshmael Toroama
Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 October 2020
Minister of Post-Referendum Dialogue
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 October 2020
Member of the Bougainville House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
2005
ConstituencyTonsu
Personal details
Political partyBougainville People's Congress

Ezekiel Massat is a Bougainvillean lawyer and politician. Massat was appointed the Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville by President James Tanis on January 19, 2009.[1][2] Bougainville is an autonomous region within Papua New Guinea.

Massat is a lawyer who has previously served as Bougainville's police minister.[1] He represents the Tonu constituency on Buka Island in North Bougainville.[1]

President James Tanis appointed Massat as vice president following pressure by the Central and North Bougainville regions for more inclusion in the Bougainvillaen government.[1] Massat was sworn in as vice president in a ceremony at the Bougainville House of Representatives on the afternoon of January 19, 2009, by senior magistrate Bruce Tasikul.[2] He assumed the vice presidency on the same day as his appointment by Tanis.[2] Massat succeeded John Tabinaman,[2] the former vice president and who had served as the acting president of Bougainville following the death of Joseph Kabui in June 2008.

Massat will also be responsible for justice and law within the Tanis government.[3]

On 2 October 2020 Massat was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Post-Referendum Dialogue in the cabinet of Ishmael Toroama.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Maasat becomes vice president of PNG's Bougainville government". Radio New Zealand International. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bougainville President picks Massat as ABG vice-president". The National (Papua New Guinea). Island Business. 2009-01-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  3. ^ "Bougainville President names new cabinet". The National (Papua New Guinea). Island Business. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  4. ^ "Bougainville's Toroama forms a 14 member Cabinet". RNZ. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.