Politics of Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. There are three levels of government - national, provincial, and local. A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as head of state. ... An aerial view of Parliament of India at New Delhi. ...

It is a Commonwealth Realm, with the monarch of the United Kingdom (king or queen) being the head of state. The monarch is represented by a Governor-General who is elected by Parliament and who performs mainly ceremonial functions. Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, most of which were once governed by the United Kingdom and are its former colonies. ... A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... The word king has many meanings: For the head of state, see Monarch. ... Look up Queen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word Queen ultimately derives from an Indo-European root *gwena (woman) via Old English cwén (woman, wife, queen). ... The President of the United States visits the President of the Philippines. ... A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... An aerial view of Parliament of India at New Delhi. ...

PNG's head of government is the Prime Minister, elected by the 109-member unicameral Parliament. The prime minister appoints his cabinet from members of the governing party or coalition. This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... List of Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea Sir Michael Somare (1975-1980) Sir Julius Chan (1980-1982) Sir Michael Somare (1982-1985) Paias Wingti (1985-1988) Sir Rabbie Namaliu (1988-1992) Paias Wingti (1992-1994) Sir Julius Chan (1994-1997) Bill Skate (1997-1999) Sir Mekere Morauta (1999-2002... Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ... The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. ...

Members of Parliament are elected every five years from 19 provinces and the national capital district of Port Moresby. Since independence in 1975, members have been elected by the first past the post system, with winners frequently gaining less than 15% of the vote. Electoral reforms in 2001 introduced the Limited Preferential Vote system (LPV), a modified version of Alternative vote. The first general election to use LPV will be held in 2007. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (9°30′ S 147°12′ E), population 193,242 (1990), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ...

Parliament introduced reforms in June 1995 to change the provincial government system, with regional (at-large) members of Parliament becoming provincial governors, while retaining their national seats in Parliament.

Executive

Main article: Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

Current queen of PNG.

Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since February 6, 1952), represented by governor general Sir Paulias Matane (since June 29, 2004). Not elected: the monarch is hereditary and the Governor General appointed by the National Executive Council. The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, known in Tok Pisin as Missis Kwin, Papua New Guineas head of state, performing the same duties as the Queen in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Queen Elizabeth II - Pictured here in Canadian honours, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit. ... Image File history File links Queen Elizabeth II - Pictured here in Canadian honours, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Sir Paulias Matane (born 1931) is the governor-general of Papua New Guinea since June 29, 2004. ...

Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister appointed by the Governor General for up to five years on the basis of majority support in National Parliament.

Legislature

Main article: National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has a unicameral National Parliament, previously known as the House of Assembly. It has 109 seats, with 89 elected from open electorates and 20 from provincial electorates. Members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms. The last election was held in June 2002, with the next election due in June 2007. The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. ... The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Judicial branch

Papua New Guinea's judiciary is independent of the government. It protects constitutional rights and interprets the laws. There are several levels, culminating in the Supreme Court. The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ...

There is a Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor General on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the Minister responsible for justice. Other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... In many countries, especially common law countries such as Canada and the United States the Chief Justice is the name for the presiding officer on a senior court such as the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the Supreme Court of...

Provincial government

Main article: Provinces of Papua New Guinea

Reforms in June 1995 changed the provincial government system. Regional (at-large) members of Parliament became provincial governors, while retaining their national seats in Parliament. Papua New Guinea is divided into twenty provinces (capitals in parentheses): North Solomons (Bougainville) (Arawa) Central (Port Moresby) Chimbu (Kundiawa) Eastern Highlands (Goroka) East New Britain (Rabaul) East Sepik (Wewak) Enga (Webag) Gulf (Kerema) Madang (Mandang) Manus (Lorengau) Milne Bay (Milne Bay) Morobe (Lae) National Capital District (Port Moresby) New...

Papua New Guinea is divided into nineteen provinces and the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea. This article is about political regions. ... The National Capital District of Papua New Guinea is the incorporated area around Port Moresby, which is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ...

Provinces of Papua New Guinea

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North Solomons (Bougainville)

On Bougainville Island, initially focused on traditional land rights, environmental and economic issues stemming from the operation of the Panguna mine, (a Conzinc RioTinto Australia (now Rio Tinto Limited) and PNG government joint venture), a civil war quickly grew into a war for independence from PNG. This article is about the island; Bougainville is also the name of a commune in the Somme département of France. ... This article is about the Rio Tinto mining company. ...

From early 1989 until a truce came into effect in October 1997 and a permanent cease-fire was signed in April 1998 as many as 20,000 people were killed. Under the eyes of a regional peace-monitoring force and a United Nations observer mission, the government and provincial leaders have established an interim government and are working toward election of a provincial government and a referendum on independence. The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ...

The people of Bougainville are closely related to those of the nearby Solomon Islands.

Instability

The Morauta government brought in a series of electoral reforms in 2001, designed to address instability and corruption. Among the reforms was the introduction of the Limited Preferential Vote system (LPV), a modified version of Alternative vote, for future elections in PNG. (The introduction of LPV was partly in response to calls for changes in the voting system by Transparency International and the European Union.) The first general election to use LPV will be held in 2007. Sir Mekere Morauta (b. ... When the single transferable vote voting system is applied to a single-winner election it is sometimes called instant-runoff voting (IRV), as it is much like holding a series of runoff elections in which the lowest polling candidate is eliminated in each round until someone receives majority vote. ... The contrary is true The 10 least corrupt countries, according to the Transparency International perception survey, 2004. ...

There are many parties, but party allegiances are weak. Winning candidates are usually courted in efforts to forge the majority needed to form a government, and allegiances are fluid. No single party has yet won enough seats to form a government in its own right.

Papua New Guinea has a history of changes in government coalitions and leadership from within Parliament during the 5-year intervals between national elections. New governments are protected by law from votes of no confidence for the first 18 months of their incumbency, and no votes of no confidence may be moved in the 12 months preceding a national election.

On Bougainville Island, a rebellion occurred from early 1989 until a truce came into effect in October 1997 and a permanent cease-fire was signed in April 1998. Under the eyes of a regional peace-monitoring force and a United Nations observer mission, the government and provincial leaders have established an interim government and are working toward election of a provincial government and a referendum on independence. Bougainville Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and is a province of Papua New Guinea. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ...

The last national election was held in June 2002. Michael Somare was elected Prime Minister, a position he also held in the country's first parliament after independence. Supplementary elections were held in Southern Highlands province in June 2003 after record levels of electoral fraud and intimidation during the 2002 polls. Rt Hon. ...

A study published in December 2004 found that PNG's weak government and policing has allowed organized crime gangs to relocate from Southeast Asia in recent years. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

International organization participation

ACP, APEC, AsDB, ASEAN (observer), C, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, IFRCS, IMO, ICRM, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OPCW, SPF, Sparteca, SPC, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UN, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO The ACP States are the countries that are signatories of the Lomé Convention. ... APEC may refer to: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour Advanced Placement European Civilization Atlantic Provinces Economic Council This article consisting of a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a non-profit finance institution with many Asian governments as shareholder members who are also the recipients of funding where appropriate. ... 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International diplomatic representation

Evan Jeremy Paki became ambassador of Papua New Guinea to the United States on Sept. 8, 2003. Ambassador Paki concurrently serves as Papua New Guinea’s Ambassador to Mexico and High Commissioner to Canada (with residence in Washington, D.C.). Prior to his current appointment, Ambassador Paki served as an external advisor to the Office of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, while also practicing law in Port Moresby. Prior to returning to PNG at the end of 2001, Ambassador Paki worked as a banking and finance lawyer at the global law firm Baker & McKenzie at its Sydney office, following a brief stint at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, a member of the World Bank Group, in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Paki took much of 1999 off from Baker & McKenzie to work with a group of prospective United States investors, pursuing various investment ventures and opportunities in Papua New Guinea’s mining and petroleum sectors. While in PNG, Ambassador Paki served for some time as an advisor within the Mining and Petroleum division of the country’s Internal Revenue Commission. He also volunteered as a visiting law lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea Law School, presenting a series of lectures on mining and petroleum taxation law and international project finance. Ambassador Paki holds a master's of law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) and the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C. Among his scholastic achievements, he represented (as a member of a delegation) Harvard Law School on a study tour of the European Union in March 1998. Earlier, he (as a law student) had twice represented his country at the annual Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Philadelphia and Washington, DC, in 1994 and 1995, respectively. He also earned a law degree (with honors) from the University of Papua New Guinea in three years, which usually takes four. Ambassador Paki had earlier completed his secondary education in Australia and PNG. Baker & McKenzie is one of the worlds largest and most renowned law firms, and regularly rotates through the top spot with its biggest competitor, Clifford Chance. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an institution of the World Bank group. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a school within Harvard University that offers graduate degrees in public policy and public administration, as well as conducting research in various subjects relating to politics and government. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

Description of flag

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Political data

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Data code: PP

Government type: Parliamentary democracy

Capital: Port Moresby Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (9°30′ S 147°12′ E), population 193,242 (1990), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ...

Administrative divisions:: 19 provinces & Port Moresby (National Capital); Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain This article is about the Admiralty Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. ...

Independence: September 16, 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship) September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... United Nations Trust Territories were the successors of the League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. ...

National holiday: Independence Day, September 16, (1975) September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ...

Constitution: September 16, 1975 September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ...

Legal system: based on English common law This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ...

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Prime Ministers of PNG
• New Guinea

List of Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea Sir Michael Somare (1975-1980) Sir Julius Chan (1980-1982) Sir Michael Somare (1982-1985) Paias Wingti (1985-1988) Sir Rabbie Namaliu (1988-1992) Paias Wingti (1992-1994) Sir Julius Chan (1994-1997) Bill Skate (1997-1999) Sir Mekere Morauta (1999-2002...

References

• Chin, James. 2005. Papua New Guinea in 2004: Recolonization, Somare"s Staying Power, and a Slight Economic Recovery, Asian Survey, Vol 45, No 1, 2005. pp 191-195

External link

• Papua New Guinea 'set to implode'

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