Timothy Masiu (born 25 November 1964) 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 member of 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 ...

since July 2016, representing the electorate of South Bougainville Open for the

People's Progress Party The People's Progress Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded on 11 November 1969 by Julius Chan and Warren Dutton, forming a caucus of eleven members of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea. Following independ ...

(2016–2017) and National Alliance Party (2017–present). Masiu, from Botulai village, was a journalist and broadcaster before entering politics, working for the National Broadcasting Corporation from 1981 with Radio Bougainville, Radio Enga and Radio East New Britain. He left the NBC and worked for a period as a government liaison officer for the Bougainville restoration team before becoming the New Guinea Islands bureau chief for newspaper '' The National'' from 1994 to 1999. Masiu worked as a media officer for then-Bougainville Governor

John Momis John Momis (born 3 March 1942) is a Bougainvillean politician who served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea between 2010 and 2020. Momis served as a Catholic priest from 1970 until 1993, becoming active ...

before joining the office of East New Britain Governor and later Deputy Prime Minister Leo Dion as first secretary. He left Dion's office to work as government liaison officer for New Britain Palm Oil Limited, but returned in December 2014 to head Dion's

Kokopo Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Kokopo-Vunamami Urban LLG. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of ...

office, serving in that role until his election to parliament. He has also served as deputy chairman of the National Broadcasting Corporation, chairman of the Vunamami Farmers' Training Centre, Bougainville team manager for the Papua New Guinea Games and co-ordinator of the "Katim Na Halivim Pikinini" children's health project. He was the unsuccessful

Melanesian Alliance Party The Melanesian Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. The party was co-founded by John Momis and John Kaputin in the late 1970s. The party formed an association with the National Alliance Party prior to the 1997 general elect ...

candidate for the South Bougainville seat at the

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. Masiu was elected to the National Parliament for the

at a July 2016 by-election caused by the death of MP Steven Pirika Kama. He left the People's Progress Party and joined the National Alliance Party in January 2017. He was re-elected for a full term at the 2017 election. His older brother, Willie Masiu, is a member of the

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and a minister in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Masiu, Timothy Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Living people People's Progress Party politicians National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea) politicians 1964 births