Editing Politics of the Cook Islands (section)

== Executive ==
{{see also|Cabinet of the Cook Islands}}
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| [[King of the Cook Islands]] || [[Charles III]] || || 8 September 2022
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| [[King's Representative]] || Sir [[Tom Marsters]] || || 27 July 2013
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| [[Prime Minister of the Cook Islands|Prime Minister]] || [[Mark Brown (Cook Islands)|Mark Brown]] || [[Cook Islands Party|CIP]] || 1 October 2020
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Ten years of rule by the [[Cook Islands Party]] (CIP) came to an end 18 November 1999 with the resignation of Prime Minister [[Joe Williams (Cook Islands politician)|Joe Williams]]. Williams had led a minority government since October 1999 when the [[New Alliance Party (Cook Islands)|New Alliance Party]] (NAP) left the government coalition and joined the main opposition [[Democratic Alliance Party (Cook Islands)|Democratic Party]] (DAP). On 18 November 1999, DAP leader Dr. [[Terepai Maoate]] was sworn in as prime minister. He was succeeded by his co-partisan [[Robert Woonton]]. When Dr Woonton lost his seat in the 2004 elections, [[Jim Marurai]] took over. In the 2010 elections, the CIP regained power and [[Henry Puna]] was sworn in as prime minister on 30 November 2010. His Deputy, Mark Brown, succeeded Puna in 2020, when Puna was elected Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum.

Prime Minister Mark Brown was reelected in 2022 with an increased majority <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/national/politics/lets-get-to-work/ | title='Let's get to work' | date=7 September 2022 }}</ref>