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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.
This is a list of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, as elected at the 2022 election. [1] Leadership. Speaker: Job Pomat, Pangu. since 2 August 2017
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 ...
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 ...
East New Britain: 2017–present Tony Wouwou: People's National Congress Prior: Papua New Guinea Party. West Sepik Provincial: West Sepik: 2017–present Peter Yama: People's Labour Party Madang Provincial: Madang: 1992–1997, 2002–2007, 2017–present Joseph Yopyyopy: Melanesian Alliance Party Wosera-Gaui Open: East Sepik: 2012–present ...
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. [11]
This article lists political parties in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea has a multi-party system with numerous political 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 .
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.