{{Infobox person , honorific_prefix = Dr. , name = Cecilia Nembou , image = Cecilia Nembou - NAIDOC Week (cropped).png , birth_date = , birth_place = , death_date = , death_place = , nationality =

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

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University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

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Background

Nembou trained as a mathematician, receiving a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Papua New Guinea (1975), MSc in Operations Research from the

(1978), and PGDip in Statistics from

(1983). In 1992 she received her PhD in Operations Research from the

.{{Cite news, url=http://www.spc.int/70-inspiring-pacific-women/dr-cecilia-nembou/, title=Dr Cecilia Nembou, date=31 July 2017, work=Pacific Community, access-date=10 November 2017, language=en-US{{Cite web, url=https://www.advance.org/dr-cecilia-nembou/, title=Dr Cecilia Nembou, website=Advance, language=en-US, access-date=11 November 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509065413/http://advance.org/dr-cecilia-nembou/, archive-date=9 May 2015, url-status=dead

Career

In January 2016 she was appointed president and vice-chancellor of

Divine Word University Divine Word University is a national Catholic university in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the newest tertiary institutions in the country. It was established as a university by an Act of Parliament in 1996. The university is ecumenical and coedu ...

, making her the first female vice-chancellor for a university in Papua New Guinea. She has worked as an academic and higher education administrator for over forty years. Prior to her appointment at Divine Word University she held positions at the

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and University of Papua New Guinea. She spent two years at the University of Wollongong as Academic Registrar and Assistant Professor in Mathematics. She spent twenty five years at the University of Papua New Guinea, her positions included Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Head of Mathematics Department, Executive Dean of School of Natural and Physical Sciences, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Acting Vice-Chancellor. Nembou is a former board member of Coalition for Change Papua New Guinea,{{Cite web, url=http://cfcpng.org/board/dr-cecilia-nembou/, title=Dr Cecilia Nembou, website=Coalition for Change Papua New Guinea, language=en-US, access-date=11 November 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112022037/http://cfcpng.org/board/dr-cecilia-nembou/, archive-date=12 November 2017, url-status=dead an advocacy group that campaigns against gender based violence. She has also lobbied for the criminalisation of domestic violence in Papua New Guinea and for the adoption of the Family Protection Act. {{S-start {{s-aca {{Succession box , title =

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of the

, years = 20 January 2016–present , before = Father Jan Czuba , after = {{S-end

References

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