Sir Michael Ogio (7 July 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Papua New Guinean politician who led

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party. He served as the ninth

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Biography

He became acting governor-general on 20 December 2010 when

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resigned after one week without explanation. He was elected as Governor-General in his own right on 14 January 2011 when he defeated

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65-23. He was sworn in on 25 February 2011. On 26 April 2011, Queen

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conferred the honour of knighthood and invested him as Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished

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on his appointment as Governor-General of Papua New Guinea at

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. Ogio was suspended in December 2011 during the 2011–12 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis.

Death

Ogio died on 18 February 2017, in

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, at the age 74.

References

, - 1942 births 2017 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea Governors-General of Papua New Guinea Grand Companions of the Order of Logohu Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George People from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville {{PapuaNewGuinea-politician-stub