General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 19 February and 11 March 1972. They saw the election of the country's first...
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Territory as early as 1972. At the 1972 Papua New Guinean general election in July, Michael Somare was elected as the first Papua New Guinean Chief Minister...
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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 18 June and 9 July 1977, the first since independence from Australia in 1975. The Pangu Party...
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The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written...
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Papua New Guinean monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the personal embodiment of the Papua New Guinean...
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1914 – 7 February 1991) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the first governor-general of Papua New Guinea after the country's independence...
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General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 17 February and 16 March 1968. Constitutional developments prior to the elections...
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Australia (continent) (redirect from Australia–New Guinea)
includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea), the Aru Islands, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands...
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of Papua New Guinea: PNG speakers of Parliament "PNG Politics : Job Pomat re-elected Unopposed as Speaker of 11th Parliament". "Pomat elected as new speaker...
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Justin Tkatchenko (category Papua New Guinean Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
(born 2 June 1972) is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Papua New Guinea from 23 June 2022...
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Paulias Matane (category Governors-general of Papua New Guinea)
1931 – 12 December 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the eighth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 29 June 2004 to 13 December...
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Papua New Guinea's Ministry of Finance is the department responsible for the "protection of public money" in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The ministry aims...
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The United Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. As of May 2019, it has one seat in the National Parliament and is led by Minister for Foreign...
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Leader of the Opposition is a constitutionally sanctioned office in Papua New Guinea. It originates from Westminster role for a leader of the opposition...
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three then-youngest provinces, alongside Central Papua and South Papua. It borders Papua New Guinea. In the 17th century, Sailor Jan Carstenszoon recorded...
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Rufina Peter (category Papua New Guinean economists)
is a Papua New Guinean agricultural economist and politician. Until her election to the National Parliament on 5 August 2022, Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
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Albert Maori Kiki (category Papua New Guinean writers)
a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a leading activist for independence and was one of the founders of the Pangu Party. He served as Papua New Guinea's...
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Council of Papua and New Guinea was a legislative body in Papua New Guinea between 1951 and 1963. It was established by the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949...
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Posu Ank (category Papua New Guinean clergy)
Posu Ank (died April 1982) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the National Parliament between 1977 and 1982. A pastor in the...
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Enga Province (redirect from Enga Province, Papua New Guinea)
and ammunition themselves. Fighting emerged after the 2022 Papua New Guinean general election, with thousands being displaced from their homes. This fighting...
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John Momis (category Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic priests)
served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea between 2010 and 2020. Momis served as a Catholic priest from 1970...
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Buaki Singeri (category Papua New Guinean civil servants)
– June 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1972 until 1977. Singeri...
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Turi Wari (category Papua New Guinean civil servants)
Turi Wari (c. 1933 – 24 April 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1968...
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Pangu Pati (redirect from Papua and Niugini Union Pati)
Pangu Pati (English: Pangu Party), officially Papua na Niugini Yunion Pati (English: Papua and New Guinea Union Party), is a nationalist and developmentalist...
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John Kaputin (category Papua New Guinean male sprinters)
John Kaputin, CMG is a Papua New Guinean athlete and politician. Kaputin was born on 11 July 1941 on Matupit Island, East New Britain Province. After...
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Bernard Narokobi (category Papua New Guinean philosophers)
March 2010) was a Papua New Guinean politician, jurist, and philosopher. He was serving as the Papua New Guinean High Commissioner to New Zealand prior to...
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Michael Somare (category 21st-century Papua New Guinean politicians)
GCMG CH CF SSI KStJ KSG PC (9 April 1936 – 25 February 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician. Widely called the "father of the nation" (Tok Pisin: papa...
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Barry Holloway (category Members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea)
KBE (26 September 1934 – 16 January 2013) was an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. Sir Barry, a sixth generation Tasmanian, was born in Kimberley...
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Peruvian general election 2003 Georgian legislative election (followed by Rose Revolution) September 2003 Papua New Guinea vice-regal election (parliamentary...
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Paulus Arek (category Papua New Guinean educators)
Paulus Arek (3 December 1929 – 22 November 1973) was a Papua New Guinean politician and trade unionist. He served as a member of the House of Assembly...
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