New Bougainville Party (NBP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in the

Autonomous Region of Bougainville Bougainville ( ; ; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil''), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: ''Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil''), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the re ...

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. It was founded on 22 April 2005 by

John Momis John Momis (born 3 March 1942) is a Bougainvillean politician who served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea between 2010 and 2020. Momis served as a Catholic priest from 1970 until 1993, becoming active ...

, Governor of

Bougainville Province Bougainville ( ; ; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil''), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: ''Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil''), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the r ...

from 1999 to 2005, with former Premier

Alexis Sarei Sir Alexis Holyweek Sarei, CBE (25 March 1934 – 22 September 2014) was a Papua New Guinean politician from Bougainville. He governed North Solomons Province (Bougainville) as district commissioner from 1973 to 1975, as president of the secessio ...

among other figures involved in its creation. Momis lost the 2005 presidential election to

Joseph Kabui 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 C ...

and resigned the party leadership, which was assumed by Ezekiel Massat. The party immediately formed a grand coalition with Kabui's

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, citing a desire to show that the province was "politically rising". Massat subsequently served as Minister for Police in the Kabui government. In April 2007, the party protested a reshuffle of the Kabui ministry which did not promote any of their MPs. In December 2007, government ministers Massat and Patrick Nisira resigned from the party to sit as independents in protest at a motion by their colleagues for the establishment of a formal opposition in Bougainville. The party endorsed Raymond Hakena, a former member of 1980s band Sanguma, in the 2008 presidential by-election after Kabui's death, but lost to James Tanis. Momis returned as leader of the party in August 2009. Momis won the presidency at the 2010 election, with the party also performing well in the legislative elections. Sarei and former Premier

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were among the NBP candidates elected to office. Momis and Vice-President Nisira were re-elected under the party banner at the 2015 election.

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