James Byron Chan (born 13 June 1969) 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 and the son of the former Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan. He was a

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 ...

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 ...

from 2002 until 2017, representing the electorate of Namatanai Open. The son of former

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea The prime minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Prai Minista bilong Papua Niugini) is Papua New Guinea's head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National P ...

Julius Chan Sir Julius Chan (born 29 August 1939) served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He is Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in the 2007 national election. He is also the c ...

, he defeated the late Ephraim Apelis at the 2002 election, and was twice re-elected before being defeated by

Walter Schnaubelt Walter David Schnaubelt (born 4 October 1966) of New Ireland, Chinese and Austrian parentage is the Member of Parliament for the Namatanai Open Electorate in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. He is a member and current National Presid ...

at the 2017 election. Prior to his defeat, he served as Minister for Mining in the government of Peter O'Neill.

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Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Living people People's Progress Party politicians 1969 births Papua New Guinean people of Chinese descent Papua New Guinean politicians of Chinese descent People from Matalai People from Namatanai People from New Ireland Province {{PapuaNewGuinea-bio-stub