Republic of the North Solomons
Republic of the North Solomons | |||||||||||
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| 1975–1976 | |||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||
| Capital | Arawa | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||
• 1975–1976 | Alexis Sarei | ||||||||||
| Chairman | |||||||||||
• 1975–1976 | John Momis | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Declared | 1 September 1975 | ||||||||||
• Reintegrated into Papua New Guinea as "North Solomons Province" | 9 August 1976 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1976 | ||||||||||
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| History of Bougainville |
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The Republic of the North Solomons was an unrecognised state that purported to exist for about six months in what is now the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG). It involved:
a 'Unilateral Declaration of Independence of the Republic of North Solomons' and a failed bid for self-determination at the UN