This is a list of speakers of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea:'
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! Legislature
! Name
! Period
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, 1st House of Assembly
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Horace Niall
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, June 8, 1964 – June 3, 1968
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, 2nd House of Assembly
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John Guise
, June 4, 1968 – April 20, 1972
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, rowspan="2", 3rd House of Assembly
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Perry Kwan
, April 20, 1972 – June 22, 1972
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, rowspan="2", Sir
Barry Holloway
, June 23, 1972 – September 16, 1975
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, rowspan="2", 1st National Parliament
, September 16, 1975 – August 9, 1977
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, Sir
Kingsford Dibela
, August 9, 1977 – March 14, 1980
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, 2nd National Parliament
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Sevese Oipi Morea
, March 14, 1980 – August 1, 1982
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, rowspan="3", 3rd National Parliament
, Sir
Dennis Young
, August 2, 1982 – October 26, 1982
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Timothy Bonga
, November 8, 1982 – November 21, 1985
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Brown Sinamoi
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, November 21, 1985 – August 4, 1987
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, rowspan="2", 4th National Parliament
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Akoka Doi
Akoka Doi is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1977 to 1992, representing the electorate of Ijivitari Open.
Doi was a broadcast announcer with Radio Popondetta before entering pol ...
, August 5, 1987 – November 25, 1987
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, Sir Dennis Young
, November 26, 1987 – July 16, 1992
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, rowspan="2", 5th National Parliament
, Sir
Bill Skate
Sir William Jack Skate (26 September 1953 – 3 January 2006) was a prominent Papua New Guinea politician. He was the son of an Australian father and a Papua New Guinean mother. Though his career was turbulent and often marked by setbacks, he s ...
MP
, July 17, 1992 – August 30, 1994
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, Sir
Rabbie Namaliu
Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu (born 3 April 1947) is a Papua New Guinea politician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. from 4 July 1988 to 17 July 1992 as leader of the Pangu Party.
Biography
An ethnic To ...
, August 30, 1994 – July 21, 1997
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, rowspan="3", 6th National Parliament
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John Pundari
Sir John Pundari (born 7 January 1967) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been Speaker of the National Parliament (1997–1999), Deputy Prime Minister (1999), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2001), and currently serving as the Minister of F ...
, July 22, 1997 – July 13, 1999
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Iairo Lasaro
, July 13, 1999 – July 14, 1999
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Bernard Narokobi
Bernard Mullu Narokobi OBE (1943 – March 2010) was a Papua New Guinean politician, jurist, and philosopher. He was serving as the Papua New Guinean High Commissioner to New Zealand prior to his death. Between 1987 and 1997 he represented hi ...
, July 14, 1999 – August 5, 2002
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, rowspan="2", 7th National Parliament
, Sir
Bill Skate
Sir William Jack Skate (26 September 1953 – 3 January 2006) was a prominent Papua New Guinea politician. He was the son of an Australian father and a Papua New Guinean mother. Though his career was turbulent and often marked by setbacks, he s ...
MP
, August 5, 2002 – May 28, 2004
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, rowspan="2", Hon
Jeffrey Nape
Jeffery Nape (1964 – 8 July 2016) was, until the 2012 election, speaker of the National Parliament and twice officially and once unofficially acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea. He was elected speaker by the members of the parliament ...
MP
, May 28, 2004 – August 13, 2007
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, 8th National Parliament
, August 13, 2007 – August 3, 2012
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, 9th National Parliament
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Theo Zurenuoc
Theodore Zibang Zurenuoc (born 6 October 1965) is a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea in February 2017.
He was first elected to the National Parliament in the 2007 general election, as ...
MP
, August 3, 2012 – August 2, 2017
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, 10th National Parliament
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Job Pomat
Job Pomat CMG (born 1960) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has represented the electorate of Manus Open in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea on two separate occasions since 2007 and has been Speaker of the National Parliament ...
MP
, August 2, 2017 – present
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Speakers of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea