2021 in Oceania

• Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)[1]
• Governor-General – David Hurley (since 2019)
• Prime Minister – Scott Morrison (since 2018)

• Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia: Sir Peter Cosgrove (since 2014)[2]
• Administrator: Natasha Griggs (since 2018)[2]

• Governor General: Sir Peter Cosgrove (since 2014)[2]
• Administrator: Natasha Griggs (since 2018)[2]

• Administrator: Eric Hutchinson (since 2017)[3]

• President of East Timor: Francisco Guterres (since 2017)
• Prime Minister: Taur Matan Ruak (since 2018)

• President of Fiji: George Konrote (since 2015)
• Head of Government: Frank Bainimarama (since 2007)
• Speaker: Epeli Nailatikau (since 2019)

• Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)[1]
• President: Taneti Mamau (since 2016)

• President: David Kabua (since 2020)[4]
• Speaker of the legislature: Kenneth Kedi (since 2016)[4]

• President of the Federated States of Micronesia: David W. Panuelo (since 2019)[5]
• Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia: Yosiwo George (since 2015)[5]

• Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)[1]
• President of Nauru: Lionel Aingimea (since 2019)
• Speaker of Parliament: Marcus Stephen (since 2019)

• President of Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. (since 2013)[6]
• Vice President
  • Raynold Oilouch (until January 21)
  • Uduch Sengebau Senior (since January 21)

• Monarchy of Papua New Guinea: Elizabeth II
• Governor-General: Bob Dadae (since 2017)
• Prime Minister: James Marape (since 2019)

The Realm of New Zealand consists of the sovereign state of New Zealand, the associated states of the Cook Islands and Niue, and the dependent territory of Tokelau. It also includes the Antarctica territorial claim of the Ross Dependency.

• Monarchy of New Zealand: Elizabeth II[1]
• Governor-General of New Zealand: Patsy Reddy

• Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives: Trevor Mallard
• Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern (since 2017)
• Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand: Grant Robertson (since 2020)

• Queen's Representative: Tom Marsters (since 1973)
• Prime Minister of the Cook Islands: Mark Brown (since 2020)
• Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament: Niki Rattle (since 2012)

• Premier of Niue: Dalton Tagelagi (since 2020)

• Administrator of Tokelau: Ross Ardern (since 2018)
• Head of Government of Tokelau: Kerisiano Kalolo (since 2019).

• Head of state: O le Ao o le Malo: Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (since 2017)
• Prime Minister of Samoa: Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (since 1998)

• Governor-General: David Vunagi (since 2019)[7]
• Prime Minister: Manasseh Sogavare (since 2019)

• Monarch: King Tupou VI (since 2012)[8]
• Prime Minister: Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (since 2019)

• Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General of Tuvalu: Teniku Talesi Honolulu (since 2019)
• Prime Minister of Tuvalu: Kausea Natano (since 2019)

• President of Vanuatu: Tallis Obed Moses (since 2017)[9]
• Prime Minister of Vanuatu: Bob Loughman (since 2020)[10]

• Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)[11]

• Governor (nonresident) of the Pitcairn Islands: Laura Clark (since 2018)[11]
• Mayor and Chairman of the Island Council: Charlene Warren-Peu (since 2020)[11]

• President of Chile: Sebastián Piñera (since 2018)[12]

• Intendant of Valparaíso Region: Jorge Martínez Durán
• Commune of the Juan Fernández Islands
  • Mayor: Felipe Paredes Vergara
• Province of Easter Island
  • Governor: Laura Alarcón Rapu (since 2018)

• President of France: Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)[13]
• Prime Minister of France: Jean Castex (since 2020)[13]

• President of French Polynesia: Édouard Fritch (since 2014)[14]
• High Commissioner of the Republic: Dominique Sorain (since 2019)[14]
• President of the Assembly of French Polynesia: Gaston Tong Sang (since 2018)

• High Commissioner: Laurent Prevost (since 2019)[15]
• President of the Government: Thierry Santa (since 2019)[15]
• Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia: Gilbert Tyuienon (since 2019)[15]

• Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna: Hervé Jonathan (since January 11)
• President of the Territorial Assembly: Atoloto Kolokilagi (since 2019)
• There are three traditional kings with limited powers.

• President of the United States
  • Donald Trump (until Januaury 20)[16]
  • Joe Biden (starting January 20)
• Vice President of the United States
  • Mike Pence (until January 20)[16]
  • Kamala Harris (starting January 20)

• Governor
  • Lolo Matalasi Moliga (until January 3)
  • Lemanu Peleti Mauga (since January 3)

• Governor: Lou Leon Guerrero (since 2019)[17]

• Governor of Hawaii: David Ige (since 2014)
• Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: Josh Green (since 2018)

• Governor: Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres (since 2015)[18]

• January 1 – 2021 New Year Honours in the Commonwealth[19]
• 15 January 15 – Nazahat Shameen Khan of Fiji wins the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).[20]
• January 19 – Vanuatu detains Chinese fishing boats Dong Gang Xing 13 and Dong Gang Xing 16 plus a Russian yacht for operating illegally in its waters near Hiu Island.[21]
• February 4
  • Henry Puna of the Cook Islands is elected Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.[22]
  • For the second time in 2021 and the third time in the last ten weeks, a ship reports losing containers due to rough weather in the South Pacific.[23]
  • Pal Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific and his wife are deported from Fiji to Australia.[24]

• February 5 – Paul Tovua, 73, Solomon Islands politician, MP (since 1976), Speaker of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands (1994–2001).[44]