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| Governor - Morea Vele Secretary - Brown Bai P18a - 1999 |
Governor - Leonard Wilson Kamit Secretary - Koiari Tarata P18b - 1999 |
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| Grand Chief The Right Honourable Sir Michael
Thomas Somare was born on 09/04/1936 in Rabaul
to the parents of Ludwig Somare Sana and
Kambe Somare. Michael Somare grew up in his
family village of Karau in the Murik Lakes
district of East Sepik Province. His earliest
education was in a Japanese-run primary school
at Karau during World War II where he learned
to read, write and count in Japanese. Sir
Michael Somare was Prime Minister of Papua
New Guinea from independence in 1975 until
1980, from 1982 until 1985, and again since
2002. His first two terms were as a member
of the Pangu Party, but he is now leader
of his National Alliance Party. During the
seventeen years between his second and third
terms as prime minister, Somare was appointed
to political posts by other prime ministers.
He served as foreign minister from 1988 to
1992 in the government of Rabbie Namaliu who would later become foreign minister in Somare’s government. Somare later served as foreign minister for a few months in 1999 and took this position again in July 2006. He is currently the foreign minister in addition to being the prime minister. Somare married his wife Veronica in 1965, having courted her in traditional fashion. They have five children, Bertha, Sana, Arthur, Michael junior and Dulciana. |
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| Governor - Leonard Wilson Kamit Secretary - Koiari Tarata P18c - 2002 |
Sir Michael Somare, Foreign Minister | ||
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