National Party (Papua New Guinea)

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National Party
Leader[1]
PresidentDavid Yak [1]
General SecretaryDick Wama [1]
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The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

It was formed in September 1969 by , and when the three MPs broke away from the . It was formally launched on 14 November 1969. (Kofikai later rejoined the Compass Party).[2][3] and later Iambakey Okuk were also prominent members.

At the 2002 election, the party won 3 of 109 seats. The party won 1 out of 109 seats in the 2007 General Elections.[4] It was led into the 2012 election by Simon Sanangke from outside parliament; however, the party won no seats.[5]

It is currently led by MP , who assumed the leadership in 2016 after his resignation from the National Alliance Party.[6][7]

As of May 2019, the party has 2 seats in the National Parliament.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES" (PDF). Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ^ "He was 'dropped' from the side". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 19 March 1971. p. 4. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Woolford, Don (2013). Papua New Guinea. University of Queensland Press. p. 112.
  4. ^ This result is according to 2007 Papua New Guinean general election.
  5. ^ "Ex- CEO of NGCB is new National Party leader". PNG Post Courier. 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Sinasina Yongomugl MP Kua resigns from National Alliance". Loop Pacific. 14 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Party to open branches". PNG Post Courier. 15 June 2016.


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