Pesab Jeffery Komal (born 20 December 1968) is a

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 ...

n politician. He has been a People's National Congress member of the

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since 2012, representing the electorate of Nipa-Kutubu Open. Komal was educated at Puril Community School and Nipa High School. He was a businessman and the chairman of the Nipa Circuit of the

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prior to entering politics. He was elected to the National Parliament at the

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, defeating long-serving former MP

Philemon Embel Hon. Philemon Embel OBE (born 10 October 1962) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1987 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2012, representing the electorate of Nipa-Kutubu. He has held severa ...

. He is chairman of the Law and Order Permanent Committee and a member of the Emergency Permanent Committee, the Private Business Permanent Committee, the Public Accounts Permanent Committee, the Public Works Permanent Committee, the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings Permanent Committee, the

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Advocacy Special Committee and the Lands and Environment Referral Committee.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Komal, Jeffery 1968 births Living people Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) politicians