The politics of Papua New Guinea takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic multi-party system,whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Papua New Guinea is an independent Commonwealth realm,with the monarch serving as head of state and a governor-general,nominated by the National Parliament,serving as their representative. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.
Sir Julius Chan is a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He is Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province,having won the seat in the 2007 national election. He is also the current Governor of New Ireland Province,since 2007. On 26 May 2019,Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced he would soon resign and that he wished for Sir Julius to succeed him. An outgoing Prime Minister does not,however,have the power to appoint his successor,and the following day O'Neill delayed his own formal resignation. He was also a leading figure in his country during the years-long Bougainville conflict.
Jeffery Nape was,until the 2012 election,speaker of the National Parliament and twice officially and once unofficially acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea. He was elected speaker by the members of the parliament on 28 May 2004,and then immediately became acting governor-general because that office was substantively vacant. He succeeded Bill Skate in both roles.
The People's Labour Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
The People's National Congress is a political party in Papua New Guinea. Its former leader Bill Skate served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and as speaker of Parliament from 2002 to 2004. Skate died in 2006 and the party was led by Peter O'Neill until 2022. PNC originated from the National Capital District where former leader was the Governor of NCD and the Parliamentary Member. The party had 16 members in the 113-seat National Parliament of Papua New Guinea as of December 2022.
The People's First Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
Sir Silas Atopare was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the seventh governor-general of Papua New Guinea from November 1997 until November 2003.
The Order of Logohu is the principal order of the Order of Papua New Guinea. Logohu is a Motuan word for the bird-of-paradise,the official national symbol of Papua New Guinea since its independence. The Order consists of four ranks.
Sir Michael Thomas Somare was a Papua New Guinean politician. Widely called the "father of the nation",he was the first Prime Minister after independence. At the time of his death,Somare was also the longest-serving prime minister,having been in office for 17 years over three separate terms:from 1975 to 1980;from 1982 to 1985;and from 2002 to 2011. His political career spanned from 1968 until his retirement in 2017. Besides serving as PM,he was minister of foreign affairs,leader of the opposition and governor of East Sepik Province.
Don Pomb Polye is a Papua New Guinean politician from Enga Province. He has been a Cabinet Minister under two Prime Ministers,and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister from July to December 2010. He has held Foreign Affairs,Immigration,Transport,Civil Aviation,Finance and Treasury portfolios.
The People's Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
The United Resources Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
Belden Namah is a Papua New Guinean politician. Namah is a member of the National Parliament for the Papua New Guinea Party,and has represented Vanimo-Green River District since 2007. He served in the Cabinet from 2007 to 2010,and as Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2012. In 2012,Namah became a member of the opposition. After retaining his seat in the 2022 election,he said that he would not rejoin the opposition.
2011–2012 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis was a dispute between Sir Michael Somare and Peter O'Neill. Both claimed to be Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 23 June until around 13 July 2012,after being postponed by a further week to allow for security personnel to crisscross the country,particularly the highland provinces. The elections followed controversy over incomplete electoral rolls and a constitutional crisis caused by a dispute over the office of prime minister between Michael Somare and Peter O'Neill.
Sir John Pundari is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been Speaker of the National Parliament (1997–1999),Deputy Prime Minister (1999),Minister for Foreign Affairs (2001),and currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Rural Development since 20 December 2020.
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 24 June and 8 July 2017. The writs for the election were issued on 20 April,and candidate nominations closed on 27 April.
Tony Aimo is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2012 and again from 2012 to 2013,representing the electorate of Ambunti-Drekikir Open. He was Minister for Correctional Services under Michael Somare from 2007 until 2011,although he was stood aside for three months in 2010. A long-time People's Action Party member,he was briefly reported to have joined the Papua New Guinea Party following the fall of the Somare government,only to emerge as a member of Somare's National Alliance Party.
Events in the year 2022 in Papua New Guinea.
Sir Tei Abal was a member of the parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 1964 and 1982,during which time he both served as a government minister in several positions and was leader of the opposition. He was known as an unsuccessful advocate of slowing down the process of PNG's Independence,because he considered that the population from the Highlands areas,of which he was one,were unready for independence.
