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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.
No women were elected, which made Papua New Guinea one of the few countries in the world at the time to have no female members of the national legislature. Significant irregularities marred that election, with a minimum of sixteen electoral officials arrested for corruption. The National Parliament re-elected Peter O'Neill as prime minister.
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.
Unknown. The 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest occurrred on 10 January 2024 in Papua New Guinea 's capital Port Moresby, later spreading to Lae and other cities. The unrest began following protests by security officers due to a sudden reduction in their salaries and Prime Minister James Marape 's tax deduction announcement which was later retracted.
Show comments. SYDNEY (Reuters) -Papua New Guinea's massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people, the government said on Monday, as treacherous terrain impeded aid and lowered ...
James Marape. James Marape (born 24 April 1971) is a Papua New Guinean politician who has served as the prime minister of Papua New Guinea since May 2019. He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since July 2007, representing the electorate of Tari-Pori Open in Hela Province in the New Guinea Highlands.
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 ...
Belden Namah (born 30 December 1969) 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.