Mathias Roman Salas is a Bougainvillean politician and former Cabinet minister. Salas is a former banker.[1]
Mathias Salas | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 2 October 2020 – 19 September 2023 | |
| President | Ishmael Toroama |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 23 June 2005 – 2010 | |
| President | Joseph 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 by | Nicholas Daku |
| Constituency | North Nasioi |
| In office 2005–2010 | |
| Preceded by | none (constituency created) |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Daku |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
| Political party | Bougainville People's Congress |
In the 2005 Bougainvillean general election Salas was elected to the first Bougainville parliament as a member of the Bougainville People's Congress. 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 and Treasury in the cabinet of Ishmael Toroama.[5] Salas delivered three annual budgets for the Autonomous Bougainville Government, focusing on regional development. In 2022, Salas questioned the National Government of Papua New Guinea over a discrepancy between the amount of money budgeted for Bougainville and the amount that had been appropriated.[6] In September 2023, Salas was removed from this post in a Cabinet reshuffle, and replaced by Robin Wilson, the member from Terra constituency.[7]
References
edit- ^ "KABUI NAMES CABINET IN BOUGAINVILLE". Pacific Islands Report. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Bougainville's autonomous government's ten person Cabinet sworn in". RNZ. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Top public servants in Bougainville face sack over financial irregularities". RNZ. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "PNG Government Delegation Flies Into Buka". PNG Post-Courier. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Bougainville's Toroama forms a 14 member Cabinet". RNZ. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Parliament Passes ABG 2022 Budget" (PDF). Bougainville Bulletin. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "ABG Cabinet Reshuffle". Inside PNG. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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