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12 December – Papua New Guinea receives a licence to have a local team play in the Australian National Rugby League beginning in 2028. [16] 22 December – A Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander operated by North Coast Aviation crashes in Sapmanga Valley in Morobe Province. All five occupants are found dead the next day. [17] [18]
2022–present Belden Namah: 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 ...
The prime minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ... Since April 2024, ... 2022: 30 May 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 279 days Pangu:
Papua New Guinea Party Vanimo-Green River Open: West Sepik: 2007–present Chris Nangoi: Melanesian Alliance Party Prior: Pangu Party. Sumkar Open: Madang: 2017–2022 (dec.) Pila Niningi: People's National Congress Prior: Independent. Imbonggu Open: Southern Highlands: 2017–present Westly Nukundi: People's National Congress Dei Open: Western ...
13 April – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain. [2] 4 July – 2022 Papua New Guinean general election: Papua New Guineans go to the polls to elect their new government in a heavily guarded election. [3] 22 July – Prime Minister James Marape's Pangu Pati wins the general election. [4]
Of the 124 members, 102 are elected from "open" seats (increased from 96 in the 2022 elections), [1] with the remainder elected from "provincial" seats based on the twenty provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the National Capital District. The winners of the provincial seats also become the provincial governor.
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.
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 4 to 22 July 2022 to elect the members of the National Parliament for a new five-year term. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Background