The Right Honourable Rabbie Namaliu (born 1948) is the current foreign minister of Papua New Guinea. He was also Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1988 to 1992.
After he lost the 1992 elections, he was charged with corruption, but was acquitted. He was appointed foreign minister in 2002, as part of the government of Michael Somare.
Sir RabbieNamaliu KCMG, CSM, MP (born 1948) is the current finance minister of Papua New Guinea.
Before becoming prime minister, he served as foreign minister for the first time, from 1982 to 1984, by this time beginning his long alliance with Michael Somare, who was prime minister at that time and served as foreign minister while Namaliu was prime minister.
After he lost the 1992 elections, he was charged with corruption, but was acquitted.
RABBIENAMALIU: We obviously did things in some respects in probably in a little bit of a hurried fashion, and maybe we should have taken a bit more time in thinking through them and in seeking legal advice from a number of sources to make sure that we were protected on all sides.
RABBIENAMALIU: It was highlightedÂ… you know of all the issues involved, that was probably the most prominent because it took so long to resolve, and in the end, as you will recall, we came to a compromise, which in the circumstance we thought was the best way to overcome it, to move forward.
RABBIENAMALIU: And in order to move things forward, you've always got to look at ways to compromise on issues, so compromise will continue to be an element, but I think, you know, we also have to, now that we've got time we have to study our respective positions.
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