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Papua New Guinea Party: Vanimo-Green River Open: West Sepik: 2007–present Alexander Suguman Orme United Resources Party: Sumkar Open: Madang: 2022–present Pila Kole Niningi Pangu Pati: Imbonggu Open: Southern Highlands: 2012–present Steven Pim People's National Congress: Dei Open: Western Highlands: 2022–September 2023 (died) [5] Simon ...
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.
The 124 members of the National Parliament are elected from single-member constituencies by limited instant-runoff voting; voters are given up to three preferences, with a candidate declared elected once they received over 50% of preference votes. [2]
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. [4] Significant irregularities marred that election, with a minimum of sixteen electoral officials arrested for corruption. [5] The National Parliament re-elected Peter O'Neill as prime ...
6–9 September – Pope Francis conducts the first papal visit to Papua New Guinea since 1995. [12] 12 September – Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape survives a vote of no confidence in the National Parliament. [13] 17 September – At least 35 people are killed in intertribal clashes near the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province ...
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. [1] 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.
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 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest occurred 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.