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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 ...
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 ...
Sir Bill Skate MP: July 17, 1992 – August 30, 1994 Sir Rabbie Namaliu: August 30, 1994 – July 21, 1997 6th National Parliament: John Pundari: July 22, 1997 – July 13, 1999 Iairo Lasaro: July 13, 1999 – July 14, 1999 Bernard Narokobi: July 14, 1999 – August 5, 2002 7th National Parliament: Sir Bill Skate MP August 5, 2002 – May 28, 2004
t. e. The prime minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: Prai Minista bilong Papua Niugini) is Papua New Guinea 's head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National Parliament. The prime minister serves as the head of his party, the head of the coalition ...
Sir Mekere Morauta was prime minister between 1999 and 2002, during which he restored some stability to an economy that went through a difficult phase when Bill Skate was prime minister before him. As a member of the Gang of Four in the 1970s, Morauta led the post-independence process of building financial infrastructure in Papua New Guinea as ...
t. e. General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 23 June until around 13 July 2012, [ 1] after being postponed by a further week to allow for security personnel to crisscross the country, particularly the highland provinces. [ 2][ 3] The elections followed controversy over incomplete electoral rolls and a constitutional crisis caused ...
U-Vistract. U-Vistract is a pyramid scheme created by Noah Musingku in Papua New Guinea (PNG) around 1999 as a means of providing a sovereign wealth source for an independent Bougainville. Eventually, it was established, and expelled, from Australia, PNG, Solomon Islands, but continues to exist in some form in the island Bougainville under the ...
The governor-general of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: Gavena-Jeneral bilong Papua Niugini) is the representative of the Papua New Guinean monarch, currently King Charles III, in Papua New Guinea. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch after their nomination by the National Parliament by vote. The functions of the governor-general ...