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.
Papua New Guinea elects on the national level a legislature. The National Parliament has 111 members,elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. Papua New Guinea has a multi-party system,with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone,and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. The first-past-the-post voting system was previously used,but in 2002 the limited instant-runoff voting system was enacted into law and first used during the 2007 national election and 2008 local elections.
This is a list of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2007 as elected at the 2002 election.
Dame Carol Anne Kidu,also known as Carol,Lady Kidu,is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician.
John Momis is a Bougainvillean politician who served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea between 2010 and 2020.
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.
This is a list of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2012 to 2017,as elected at the 2012 election.
Loujaya Kouza is a Papua New Guinean politician,poet and singer. She was known under her married name of Loujaya Toni when elected,but reverted to her maiden name in 2013 after divorcing her husband.
Bartholomew "Bart" Philemon is a Papua New Guinean politician.
Akoka Doi is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1977 to 1992,representing the electorate of Ijivitari Open.
Lauta Atoi is a Papua New Guinean politician and rugby league player. He was a People's National Congress member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2017,representing the electorate of North Bougainville Open. His name is sometimes spelled as Louta Atoi.
Aide Ganasi was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a People's National Congress member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from July 2012 to March 2013 and from September 2013 until November 2016,representing the electorate of South Fly Open.
Samuel H. Basil was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2007,representing the electorate of Bulolo Open,until his death in 2022. From 8 June 2019,to August 2019 Basil served as the Treasurer of Papua New Guinea.
Timothy Masiu is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since July 2016,representing the electorate of South Bougainville Open for the People's Progress Party (2016–2017) and National Alliance Party (2017–present).
Janet Kaki Sape was a business leader and international netball player,coach and administrator from Papua New Guinea. She was active in promoting women's empowerment issues in the country,and received a number of awards for her work.
Yolande Geraldine Paul is the Minister of Primary Industries and Marine Resources for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Amanda Masono Getsi is a member of the House of Representatives in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 4 to 22 July 2022 to elect the members of the National Parliament for a new five-year term.
Job Pomat CMG is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has represented the electorate of Manus Open in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea on two separate occasions since 2007 and has been Speaker of the National Parliament since 2017.
Kessy Sawang is a Papua New Guinean politician and former senior civil servant. Until her election and that of Rufina Peter to the National Parliament in August 2022,Papua New Guinea (PNG) had been one of only three countries without a woman in parliament.
