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1972 Papua New Guinean General Election
General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 19 February and 11 March 1972. They saw the election of the country's first female MP, Josephine Abaijah. Electoral system The House of Assembly was expanded from 94 to 107 members, consisting of 100 elected members, four civil servants and three members nominated by members of the House to represent special interest groups. The 100 elected members were elected from 82 open constituencies and 18 regional constituencies, from each of which a single member was elected by single transferable vote. Voters could vote for a candidate in both their local open constituency and the regional constituency covering their area. Candidacy in the regional constituencies was limited to people who had received the Intermediate Certificate (or an equivalent) from school. Prior to the elections, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territory Of Papua And New Guinea
The Territory of Papua and New Guinea, officially the Administrative Union of the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea, was established by an administrative union between the Australian-administered territories of Papua and New Guinea (the latter being a United Nations trust territory administered by Australia) in 1949. In December 1971, the name of the Territory changed to "Papua New Guinea" and in 1975 it became the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Background Ancient history Archeological evidence suggests that humans arrived on New Guinea around 50,000 years ago. These Melanesian people developed stone tools and agriculture. Portuguese and Spanish navigators sailing in the South Pacific entered New Guinea waters in the early part of the 16th century and in 1526–27, Jorge de Menezes came upon the principal island "Papua". In 1545, the Spaniard Iñigo Ortiz de Retes gave the island the name "New Guinea" because of what he saw as a resemblance between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Momis
John Momis (born 3 March 1942) is a Bougainvillean politician who served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea between 2010 and 2020. Momis served as a Catholic priest from 1970 until 1993, becoming active in politics and elected to the assembly in the 1970s. He was a co-writer of the Constitution of Papua New Guinea and worked to establish a secessionist organization in what was then North Solomons Province. After it was confirmed as a province, he returned to national politics. Following the end of the civil war, he was appointed as the governor of Bougainville from 1999 until 2005. He was Papua New Guinea's ambassador to China from 2007 to 2010. Momis defeated his predecessor James Tanis and five other challengers by a landslide in the 2010 presidential election, in which he was a candidate of the New Bougainville Party. was sworn in as President of Bougainville on June 10, 2010, for a five-year term. He was reelected for a seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Holloway
Sir Barry Blyth Holloway, KBE (26 September 193416 January 2013)"PNG’s first speaker dies in Brisbane" , 17 January 2013 was an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. Early life Sir Barry, a sixth generation Tasmanian, was born in on 26 Sep 1934, to Betty (née Blyth) and Arch Holloway, in the homestead "Armitstead", the same house where his mother was born. He was educated in Kimberley, Launceston Church Grammar School and Hobart Hi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Kereku
Damien is a given name and less frequently a surname. The name is a variation of Damian which comes from the Greek ''Damianos''. This form originates from the Greek derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazō), "(I) conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ῶ (damaō), a form assumed as the first person of δαμᾷ (damāi) Given name A * Damien Abad (born 1980), French politician * Damien Adam (born 1989), French politician * Damien Adkins (born 1981), Australian rules footballer * Damien Alamos (born 1990), French Muay Thai kickboxer *Damien Allen (born 1986), English footballer *Damien Anderson (born 1979), American football player *Damien Angove (born 1970), Australian rules footballer *Damien Arsenault, Canadian politician * Damien Atkins (born 1975), Canadian actor and playwright B *Damien Balisson (born 1996), Mauritian footballer * Damien Berry (born 1989), American football player * Damien Birkinhead (born 1993), Australian shot putter * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokomo Ulia
Kokomo may refer to: Animals * Kokomo (gorilla), a western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo * Kokomo Jr., a name given to two performing chimpanzees in the 1950s and 1960s Music Songs * "Kokomo Blues", by Scrapper Blackwell (1928) * "Kokomo" (song), by the Beach Boys (1988) * "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)", a rock/novelty song written in 1954 by Forest Gene Wilson and Eunice Levy and recorded by the Crew Cuts, Perry Como, and many others * "Kokomo", by Greg Brown from '' The Evening Call'' * "Kokomo", by Little Feat from '' Down on the Farm'' * "Kokomo, IN", by Japanese Breakfast from '' Jubilee'' Other * Kokomo (band), a British group from the 1970s * Kokomo Records, a record company from the 1960/70s People * Kokomo Arnold (1896/1901–1968), born James Arnold, American blues musician * Kokomo (musician), one-time name used by American pianist, arranger and songwriter Jimmy Wisner (1931–2018) * Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo (1775–1838), a chief of the Miami tribe for whom Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinake Giregire
Sir Sinake Giregire ( 19374 January 2012) was a Papua New Guinean businessman and politician. Giregire was born at Gimisaveh village in the Asaro Valley. He began his education at the Asaroka Lutheran School before moving to Finschhafen in Morobe Province in 1946 to train as a teacher at Heldsbach Lutheran School. He returned to the Asaro Valley in the mid-1950s, worked as a mechanic and an agricultural assistant and set up a sawmill. He then purchased land and began planting coffee, eventually coming to hold three coffee plantations and a coffee factory and owning what was believed to be the largest coffee plantation then owned by a Papua New Guinean at a time when farming was dominated by white expatriates. He was the first secretary of the local Farmers' Association in 1956. He was then elected to the first Asaro Watabung Local Level Government Council with the introduction of local government and became its first president, although sources differ on the year that occurred. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kaupa
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Kilage
Sir Ignatius Kilage (12 July 1941 – 31 December 1989) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the fourth governor-general of Papua New Guinea from March to December 1989, when he died suddenly in office. Prior to the vice regal post, Kilage was chief ombudsman of Papua New Guinea and author of the book ''My Mother Calls Me Yaltep''. After his death, a stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ... was named in his honour in 1991. References 1941 births 1989 deaths Governors-General of Papua New Guinea Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Chief Ombudsmen of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean writers {{PapuaNewGuinea-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iambakey Okuk
Iambakey Palma Okuk (5 May 1945 – 14 November 1986) was an independence leader in Papua New Guinea and served as Deputy Prime Minister, the nation's first Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, and repeatedly in the capacity of Minister of Transport, Minister of Primary Industries and Opposition Leader. He is known as Papua New Guinea's "most colourful and controversial politician". Okuk first led protests against unfair labor practices, and then once elected to office, worked to reserve sectors of the economy for citizens as a method of returning a complex economic role to Papua New Guineans. In the post-independence decade, Okuk built a coalition of minority political factions which forced a successful change of government, in which he became Deputy Prime Minister. Early life, education, and labour protest Okuk was born in Simbu Province in the Central Highlands of the Territory of New Guinea in 1945. He spent eighteen years in the area around Hagen, learned the loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |