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The Governor and Deputy Governor of Papua are elected through general elections which are held every 5 years. The current governor of Papua is Ridwan Rumasukun. The following is a list of the governors of Papua, including when they were still called West Irian and Irian Jaya.
Ribka Haluk (born 10 January 1971) is an Indonesian bureaucrat and deputy minister of home affairs since October 2024. She previously held office as acting governor of Central Papua from 2022 to 2024 and head of Women Emancipation Office of Jayawijaya Regency in 2004 and then become acting regent of Mappi Regency in 2017 and also acting regent of Yalimo Regency in 2021.
The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) is a name given to a separatist movement that aims to separate West Papua from Indonesia and establish an independent state in the region.
Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago). [6] It covers an area of 51,213.33 km 2 (19,773.58 sq mi) and had a population of 1,448,360 according to the official estimates as at mid 2023.
Ethnic group Linguistic classification Regency Districts and villages Clans and subgroups Arfak: East Bird's Head: Pegunungan Arfak: Sougb, Hatam, Moire, Meiah Borai
Benny Giay (born 12 January 1955, in the village Onago, Waketei district, in what was then Netherlands New Guinea) is a theologian, a social anthropologist, and an activist, known for his activities in reconciliation to protect the rights of the Papuans of the Western, Indonesian controlled, part of New Guinea.
The most prominent hospital is the Papua Regional General Hospital (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Papua) in Jayapura, which is the largest state-owned hospital in the province. [194] Papua is reported to have the highest rates of child mortality and HIV/AIDS in Indonesia. [108]
The province of South Papua (Provinsi Papua Selatan) in Indonesia is divided into four kabupaten which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as distrik under the law of 2001 on "special autonomy for Papua province".