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Speaker. Job Pomat, Pangu. since 2 August 2017. Prime Minister. James Marape, Pangu. since 30 May 2019. Leader of the Opposition. Joseph Lelang, PNC [2] since 12 August 2022.
Politics of Papua New Guinea. The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975.
t. e. The prime minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: Prai Minista bilong Papua Niugini) is Papua New Guinea 's head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National Parliament. The prime minister serves as the head of his party, the head of the coalition ...
In December 2019, the autonomous region of Bougainville voted in a landslide for independence from Papua New Guinea. Due to the country's immense ethnic and linguistic diversity, some national parliament members feared that Bougainville's departure could inspire other regions to demand independence from Papua New Guinea.
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 ...
Papua New Guinea is below the satisfactory levels set by the United Nations Convention against Corruption ( UNCAC ), according to a report submitted by Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) in 2011. TIPNG’s report found that in many cases, anti-corruption bodies in PNG were restricted by shortcomings in financial resources.
Assumed office. 27 June 1992. Personal details. Born. ( 1967-01-07) January 7, 1967 (age 57) Sir John Pundari KBE CMG (born 7 January 1967) is a Papua New Guinean politician. [2] 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 ...
After independence in 1975, the legislature was renamed from the House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. From 1884 to 1902, Papua or British New Guinea was administered by Britain and then transferred to direct rule by Australia under the Papua Act 1906. Australian rule was interrupted during World ...