Ezekiel Massat Explained

Ezekiel Massat
Order:Vice-President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
President:James Tanis
Term Start:January 19, 2009
Term End:June 10, 2010
Predecessor:John Tabinaman
Successor:Patrick Nisira
Office7:Attorney General
President7:Ishmael Toroama
Term Start7:2 October 2020
Office8:Minister of Justice
Term Start8:2 October 2020
Office9:Minister of Post-Referendum Dialogue
Term Start9:2 October 2020
Office10:Member of the Bougainville House of Representatives
Constituency10:Tonsu
Term Start10:2005
Party:Bougainville 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] 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Maasat becomes vice president of PNG's Bougainville government . . 2009-01-20 . 2009-01-23.
  2. News: Bougainville President picks Massat as ABG vice-president. The National (Papua New Guinea). Island Business. 2009-01-20. 2009-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713064536/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace%3DMiddleMiddle/focusModuleID%3D130/focusContentID%3D14275/tableName%3DmediaRelease/overideSkinName%3DnewsArticle-full.tpl. 2011-07-13. dead.
  3. News: Bougainville President names new cabinet . . . 2009-01-22 . 2009-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717084750/http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace%3DMiddleMiddle/focusModuleID%3D130/focusContentID%3D14306/tableName%3DmediaRelease/overideSkinName%3DnewsArticle-full.tpl . 2011-07-17 . dead .
  4. Web site: Bougainville's Toroama forms a 14 member Cabinet . RNZ . 2 October 2020 . 2 October 2020.