Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Political office-holders

Our database contains 223 politicians connected with Papua New Guinea.

Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister1--
Governor General3--
King1--
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea-41
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea-31
Minister for Administrative Services1--
Minister for Agriculture1--
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock-21
Minister for Bougainville Affairs112
Minister for Civil Aviation121
Minister for Commerce and Industry131
Minister for Communication & Information Technology1--
Minister for Communication and ICT-11
Minister for Community Development-21
Minister for Correctional Services12-
Minister for Defence-32
Minister for Defense & Fire Service1--
Minister for Energy111
Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change-21
Minister for Finance & Implementation1--
Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources111
Minister for Forests12-
Minister for Health1--
Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS-11
Minister for Higher Education-21
Minister for Higher Education, Sports, Research, Science, & Technology1--
Minister for Housing1--
Minister for Housing and Urban Development-21
Minister for Immigration1--
Minister for Immigration and Border Security-2-
Minister for Inter-Government Relations-21
Minister for International Trade & Investment1--
Minister for Justice11-
Minister for Labor & Employment1--
Minister for Labour and Employment-1-
Minister for Lands & Physical Planning & Urbanization1--
Minister for Lands and Physical Planning--1
Minister for Livestock1--
Minister for Mining111
Minister for National Events1--
Minister for National Planning1--
Minister for Palm Oil1--
Minister for Petroleum1-1
Minister for Planning1--
Minister for Police1--
Minister for Police and Internal Security-31
Minister for Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs1--
Minister for Public Service1--
Minister for Religion11-
Minister for Research-11
Minister for Rural and Economic Development1--
Minister for Rural Development-1-
Minister for Science and Technology-11
Minister for Sports and National Gaming-11
Minister for State Enterprises12-
Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture121
Minister for Transport1--
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure-31
Minister for Treasury11-
Minister for Works & Highway1--
Minister for Works and Implementation-21
Minister for Youth-11
Minister of Coffee1-1
Minister of Education--1
Minister of Education131
Minister of Finance-41
Minister of Foreign Affairs19-
Minister of International Trade--1
Minister of Livestock--1
Minister of National Planning-21
Vice-minister for Forest--1
Vice-minister for Health--1
Vice-Minister for Works and Implementation--1
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Leader of the Opposition-1-
Member of the National Parliament--61
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea-3243
Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea-11
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of France to Papua New Guinea-11
ambassador of Russia to Papua New Guinea-1-
Ambassador of Spain to Papua New Guinea-31
ambassador to Papua New Guinea--2
Ambassador to the US1--
Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea-71
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Papua New Guinea-31
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--
United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea-21

What do these numbers mean?

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If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

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