Henry Puna

Henry Tuakeu PunaParliamentary General Election – Main Electoral Roll – Manihiki, Cook Islands Registrar of Electors, 10 May 2010. (born 29 July 1949) is a Cook Islands politician. He has been the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands since November 2010. He is the leader of the Cook Islands Party.

Puna was elected to the Parliament of the Cook Islands at the 2005 Manihiki by-election. He lost his seat at the 2006 election, but regained it in the CIP victory at the 2010 election.

In June 2020, Puna announced his intention to retire as Prime Minister in September in order to become Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum.

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