Powes Parkop (born 18 February 1962) 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 lawyer and politician, from Manus Province. A former lecturer in Law at the

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, he is the current governor of

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...

and the

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serving for three terms. He was elected to the

National Parliament of Papua New Guinea The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence ...

in July 2007. He was re-elected in September 2012. In 2017, Parkop was elected again as Governor serving his third term. In June 2010, Parkop founded the

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Papua New Guinean lawyers Living people 1962 births Governors of the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Social Democratic Party (Papua New Guinea) politicians People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) People from Manus Province {{papuaNewGuinea-politician-stub