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Bill Skate. Sir William Jack Skate KCMG (26 September 1953 – 3 January 2006) was a prominent Papua New Guinea politician. He was the son of an Australian father and a Papua New Guinean mother. Though his career was turbulent and often marked by setbacks, he served in the highest posts in his country: prime minister of Papua New Guinea ...
Mekere Morauta. Sir Mekere Morauta KCMG PC (12 June 1946 – 19 December 2020) [ 2] was a Papua New Guinean politician and economist who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1999 to 2002. Inheriting a depressed economy and a fractious legislature, he embarked on fundamental reforms of the country's economy and political system.
Born and raised in Illinois until age 16; funeral held in Illinois, but interred in Massachusetts. [1] David Abidor (born 1992), soccer player; Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era Olympic United States female champion. Lived during her teens and learned her Olympic sport of golf in Illinois. [2]
The People's National Congress is a political party in Papua New Guinea. Its former leader Bill Skate served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and as speaker of Parliament from 2002 to 2004. Skate died in 2006 and the party was led by Peter O'Neill until 2022. PNC originated from the National Capital District where former leader (late Bill ...
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President George H. W. Bush lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda on December 3, 2018. In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished ...
Vince Foster (1993), American attorney and Deputy White House Counsel to Bill Clinton, gunshot to mouth [439] [440] Jason David Frank (2022), American actor known for the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, hanging [441] Wade Frankum (1991), Australian mass murderer who perpetrated the Strathfield massacre, gunshot [442]
Jay Slater's family say his funeral will be a "celebration" of his life. The body of the 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was returned to the UK from Tenerife last week. His ...