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Michael Somare. Sir Michael Thomas Somare GCL 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 blo kantri ), he was the first Prime Minister after independence. At the time of his death, Somare was also the longest-serving prime minister ...
Papua New Guinea, [note 1] officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, [13] [note 2] is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia ).
Independent (2020–2022) People’s National Congress (2007-2020) Job Pomat CMG (born 1960) 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.
History A former Air Niugini Fokker F28 in the 1980s. A former Air Niugini Airbus A310-300 in the 1990s. A former Air Niugini Boeing 757-200 in 2010.. The airline was established in November 1973 as the national airline of Papua New Guinea with the government holding 60% of the shares, with the rest divided between Australian airline companies Ansett (16%), Qantas (12%) and Trans Australia ...
Betty Palaso was born in the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. Her father was a missionary and she travelled with him to several locations in the country, living in rural areas. She obtained an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. Career
The economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is largely underdeveloped with the vast majority of the population living below the poverty line. [18] However, according to the Asian Development Bank its GDP is expected to grow 3.4% in 2022 and 4.6% in 2023. [19] It is dominated by the agricultural, forestry, and fishing sector and the minerals and ...
The governor-general of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: Gavena-Jeneral bilong Papua Niugini) is the representative of the Papua New Guinean monarch, currently King Charles III, in Papua New Guinea. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch after their nomination by the National Parliament by vote. The functions of the governor-general ...
Angu. The Angu or Änga people, also called Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah"), are a small and previously violent and cannibal group speaking a number of related languages [1] and living mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-western Morobe, a province of Papua New Guinea. Even though they are a short people, often less than five ...