Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

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This is a list of speakers of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea:

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LegislatureNamePeriod
1st House of Assembly Horace Niall June 8, 1964 – June 3, 1968
2nd House of Assembly John Guise June 4, 1968 – April 20, 1972
3rd House of Assembly Perry Kwan April 20, 1972 – June 22, 1972
Sir Barry Holloway June 23, 1972 – September 16, 1975
1st National ParliamentSeptember 16, 1975 – August 9, 1977
Sir Kingsford Dibela August 9, 1977 – March 14, 1980
2nd National Parliament Sevese Oipi Morea March 14, 1980 – August 1, 1982
3rd National ParliamentSir Dennis Young August 2, 1982 – October 26, 1982
Timothy Bonga November 8, 1982 – November 21, 1985
Brown Sinamoi November 21, 1985 – August 4, 1987
4th National Parliament Akoka Doi August 5, 1987 – November 25, 1987
Sir Dennis YoungNovember 26, 1987 – July 16, 1992
5th National ParliamentSir Bill Skate MP July 17, 1992 – August 30, 1994
Sir Rabbie Namaliu August 30, 1994 – July 21, 1997
6th National Parliament John Pundari July 22, 1997 – July 13, 1999
Iairo Lasaro July 13, 1999 – July 14, 1999
Bernard Narokobi July 14, 1999 – August 5, 2002
7th National ParliamentSir Bill Skate MPAugust 5, 2002 – May 28, 2004
Hon Jeffrey Nape MPMay 28, 2004 – August 13, 2007
8th National ParliamentAugust 13, 2007 – August 3, 2012
9th National Parliament Theo Zurenuoc MPAugust 3, 2012 – August 2, 2017
10th National Parliament Job Pomat MPAugust 2, 2017 – present

Election results

Election results
2022 Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Pangu Pati Job Pomat Unopposed100.00+43.70
Pangu Pati hold Swing +43.70
2017 Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNC Job Pomat 6056.60
MLP Allan Marat 4643.40
Turnout 10695.50
PNC hold Swing

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References

  1. "PNG Politics : Job Pomat re-elected Unopposed as Speaker of 11th Parliament".
  2. "Pomat elected as new speaker of PNG parliament". Radio New Zealand . 2 August 2017.