Mathias Salas

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Mathias Salas
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
2 October 2020
PresidentIshmael Toroama
Minister of Finance
In office
23 June 2005 – 2010
PresidentJoseph Kabui
Minister of Minerals, Gas and Petroleum Exploration
In office
23 June 2005 – 2010
Member of the Bougainville House of Representatives
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byNicholas Daku
ConstituencyNorth Nasioi
In office
2005–2010
Preceded bynone (constituency created)
Succeeded byNicholas Daku
Personal details
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Political partyBougainville People’s Congress Party

Mathias Roman Salas is a Bougainvillian politician and Cabinet Minister.

Salas is a former banker.[1]

In 2005 Salas was elected to the first Bougainville parliament as a member of the Bougainville People’s Congress Party. On 23 June 2005 he was appointed Minister of Finance and Minerals, Gas and Petroleum Exploration in the cabinet of President Joseph Kabui.[2] In 2008 he served as acting vice-President.[3] He subsequently lost his seat in the 2010 election.

Salas was re-elected to parliament in the 2020 Bougainvillean general election.[4] On 2 October 2020 he was appointed Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Ishmael Toroama.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "KABUI NAMES CABINET IN BOUGAINVILLE". Pacific Islands Report. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Bougainville's autonomous government's ten person Cabinet sworn in". RNZ. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Top public servants in Bougainville face sack over financial irregularities". RNZ. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ "PNG Government Delegation Flies Into Buka". PNG Post-Courier. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Bougainville's Toroama forms a 14 member Cabinet". RNZ. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.