Mehrra Minne Kipefa (born 15 December 1981) is a
Papua New Guinean politician. He has been a member of the
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since 2012, representing the electorate of
Obura-Wonenara Open. He was first elected as the sole MP of the
Star Alliance Party
Star Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
It first applied for party registration in 2006, and contested the 2007 election, endorsing 72 candidates but winning no seats.
It won one seat at the 2012 election
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, but had crossed to the
United Resources Party by 2016.
He graduated from the
University of Papua New Guinea as an environmental chemist in 2013. Prior to his election, Kipefa had been an analytical industrial chemist for five years.
He was elected to the National Parliament at the
2012 election
This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
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, defeating
John Boito. He was a supporter of the O'Neill government until July 2016, when he crossed the floor and joined the opposition.
Kipefa is the chairman of the Foreign Relations and Trade Referral Committee and a member of the Health and Family Welfare Referral Committee, the Culture and Tourism Committee, and the Public Sector Reform and Service Delivery Special Committee.
References
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1981 births
Living people
Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
University of Papua New Guinea alumni