List of Papua New Guineans
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Politics
- Dame Josephine AbaijahJosephine AbaijahDame Josephine Abaijah, GCL, DBE was the first woman to be elected to the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly, in 1972. She was the only woman elected at that time....
- Sir Peter BarterPeter BarterSir Peter Leslie Charles Barter, GCL, OBE was Minister for Health and Bougainville Affairs in the Papua New Guinean Government and is active in the reconciliation movement in Bougainville. He established the Melanesian Foundation in 1980, a not-for-profit organisation that invests in remote...
, former MP for Madand Regiona; - Wari Vele, owner of Wari Vele Raiders
- Sir Julius ChanJulius ChanSir Julius Chan GCL GCMG KBE was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He is currently Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in the 2007 national election...
, former Prime Minister - Ted Diro, General of the PNG Defence Force
- Sir John GuiseJohn GuiseSir John Guise, GCMG, KBE was the first Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, which gained independence from Australia in 1975. Dr. Guise was a native Papua New Guinean and was a vocal supporter for independence. He served in the Department of Native Affairs during the 1950s, and served in the...
, former Governor General of Papua New Guinea - Chris HaivetaChris HaivetaChris Haiveta is the head of the Pangu Party of Papua New Guinea and a member of National Parliament. In 1993 he was named Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. He also served as the governor of Gulf Province twice. Haiveta served as finance minister in the government of Julius Chan. They...
, former MP and Governor for Gulf - Grand Chief Sir Bradley Kila, Propaganda Minister
- Leo Hannett
- Joseph KabuiJoseph KabuiJoseph Canisius Kabui was a secessionist leader and the first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, from 2005 to 2008. He was also the leader of the Bougainville People's Congress....
- Sir John KaputinJohn KaputinSir John Kaputin was the foreign minister of Papua New Guinea from 1992 until 1994 and from December 1999 until 2000. He is a co-founder of the Melanesian Alliance Party. He was named Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St...
, former MP - Dame Carol KiduCarol KiduDame Carol Kidu, Lady Kidu, DBE is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. She is the only current female member of Parliament, and served as Minister for Community Development under Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare from 2002 to 2011...
, MP for Moresby South - Sir Albert Maori KikiAlbert Maori KikiSir Albert Maori Kiki was a Papua New Guinea pathologist and politician. He was one of the founders of the Pangu Party, which demanded 'home rule leading to eventual independence' for New Guinea...
- Allan MaratAllan MaratAllan S. M. Marat CBE is a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as Minister for Justice and Attorney General in Prime Minister Michael Somare's Cabinet from August 2007 to May 2010. In May 2010, he publicly stated that major mining projects in the country brought little benefit to local...
, MP for Rabaul - Sir Paulias MatanePaulias MataneSir Paulias Nguna Matane GCL, GCMG, OBE, KStJ , formerly a career civil servant, was the eighth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 29 June 2004 to 13 December 2010.-Personal life:...
- Current Governor General of PNG - John MomisJohn MomisJohn Momis is the current President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. Momis was sworn in as President of Bougainville on June 10, 2010, after defeating his predecessor, President James Tanis, and five other challengers by a landslide in the 2010 presidential election.Momis, who served as a...
, MP - Jeffrey NapeJeffrey NapeJeffrey Nape, CMG is the Speaker of the National Parliament and twice acting Governor-General of Papua New Guinea. He was elected speaker by the members of the parliament on May 28, 2004, and then immediately became acting governor-general because that office was substantively vacant...
- Speaker of Parliament - Sir Rabbie NamaliuRabbie NamaliuSir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu, GCL, CSM, KCMG is a Papua New Guinea politician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1988 to 1992 as leader of the Pangu Party...
, former MP for Rabaul - Francis OnaFrancis OnaFrancis Ona was a Bougainville secessionist leader who led an uprising against the Government of Papua New Guinea, motivated at least initially by his concerns over the operation of the Panguna mine by Bougainville Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group...
, Rebel Leader of Bougainville - Sir William Skate, former prime minister (1995–1998) died in 2007
- Sir Michael SomareMichael SomareSir Michael Thomas Somare, GCL, GCMG, CH, CF, KStJ, MP was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2011; he had previously been Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1980 and again from 1982 until 1985. Somare's first two terms were as a member of the Pangu Party, but he then...
, current prime minister (2002-) - Luther WengeLuther WengeLuther Wenge is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has served as the Governor of Morobe Province since 2002. Wenge is also a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea as a member of the Pipol First Party....
, MP and Governor of Morobe - Paias WingtiPaias WingtiPaias Wingti is a Papua New Guinean political figure. He served as the third Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea between 1985 and 1988, and again from 1992 to 1994.Wingti is a member of the Jika Tribe of the Western Highlands province...
, Former Prime Minister and Governor of Western Highlands - James Yali, MP
- Sir Peter Lus, former MP for Maprik
- Anderson Pawa Agiru, Southern Highlands Governor
- Don PolyeDon PolyeDon Polye is a Papua New Guinean politician from Enga Province. He was the Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation from July 2006 to August 2009. Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister, appointed Polye to that position in July 2006 as part of a Cabinet reshuffle...
, MP for Kandep and Minister for Transport & Civil Aviation (2009-)
Sports
- Marcus BaiMarcus BaiMarcus Bai is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a winger, he played his final season in 2006 for English Super League team Bradford Bulls. He is the only man to win the World Club Challenge with three different clubs...
, Rugby League- 3 time world club championship winner & NRL Premiership Winner - Adrian LamAdrian LamAdrian Lam is an Australian rugby league football coach and former international player. He is the head coach of the under 20 St George Dragons squad National Rugby League team he signed with them in 2010 and will combine with coaching legend Wayne Bennett.He is a former Papua New Guinea rugby...
, Rugby League- Sydney Roosters & PNG Rugby League Coach - Stanley GeneStanley GeneStanley Gene is a former Papua New Guinean rugby league player who currently coaches the Villeneuve Leopards in the Elite One Championship in France. He recently played for Halifax in the Co-operative Championship. He has also previously played for Hull KR, Huddersfield Giants and Bradford Bulls...
, Rugby League- Captain of PNG Rugby League team in 2008 Rugby World Cup - Makali AizueMakali AizueMakali Aizue is a professional rugby league player who recently signed for Co-operative Championship club Halifax after playing his trade in Super League for Hull KR for many years.-Personal life:...
, Rugby League - Ryan PiniRyan PiniRyan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...
, Swimming- Gold Medalist in 2006 Commonwealth Games - Archie ThompsonArchie ThompsonArchibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record...
, Football- Melbourne Victory & PSV Striker - Dika Loa Toua, Weighlifting
Others
- AroAro (person)Aro was the last person executed in Papua New Guinea.In 1957, while Papua New Guinea was an Australian territory, Aro, then a young man, walked into a hospital "carrying a baby and a blood-stained axe" and stated that he had killed his two wives.He was convicted of willful murder, sentenced to...
, last person executed in PNG - Kevin ConradKevin Conradframe|right|Amb. Conrad in GhanaKevin Mark Conrad, born in the United States to parents living in Papua New Guinea in 1968, is a Papua New Guinean lawyer and environmentalist...
, environmentalist - Janetta DouglasJanetta DouglasJanetta Douglas, née Smith, MBE is a Papua New Guinean charity worker.In the late 1960s, she was "a young teacher in Madang", where she "encouraged the women to continue to make pots, assisted with marketing to surrounding villages and to Australia", and helped stimulate a "tourist trade in...
, charity worker - Nora Vagi Brash, author, poet & playwright
- Sir Vincent EriVincent EriSir Vincent Serei Eri, GCMG was the fifth Governor General of Papua New Guinea and is often cited as being the first Papua New Guinean national to write a novel, The Crocodile in English...
, author - Joseph KavenJoseph KavenJoseph Kaven CBE is a Papua New Guinean physician who works at Nonga Base Hospital, Rabaul, East New Britain. He has worked on improving health service access to rural areas of Papua New Guinea....
, physician - Pilipo MiriyePilipo MiriyePilipo Miriye was the first Evangelical missionary from Papua New Guinea to the country of Nigeria, West Africa. Under his ministry, Miriye was involved with his missionary colleagues in founding the Wesley International Bible College in 1989 in the Imo State of Nigeria...
, first Papua New Guinean evangelical missionary to West Africa - Noah MusingkuNoah MusingkuNoah Musingku, reigning as King David Peii II, is the king of the Twin Kingdoms of Papaala and Me’ekamui on Bougainville Island in the North Solomon Islands...
, businessman - Bernard NarokobiBernard NarokobiBernard Narokobi was a Papua New Guinean politician and philosopher. He was serving as the Papua New Guinean High Commissioner to New Zealand prior to his death. Between 1987 and 1997 he represented his Wewak Open Electorate as a Member in the Papua New Guinea's National Parliament...
, philosopher and lawyer - O-shenO-ShenJason Hershey , better known as O-Shen, is a reggae musician, born and raised in Papua New Guinea. O-Shen resides in Hawai'i but still goes to PNG...
, reggae musician - Jerry SingirokJerry SingirokJerry Singirok was the commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force throughout the Sandline affair of 1997.-Military career:Singirok was a career soldier who had risen through the ranks of the PNGDF, including a time as commander of the forces on Bougainville...
, military officer - William TakakuWilliam TakakuWilliam Takaku was a Papua New Guinean film, television and theatre actor. He was also a screenwriter and a former theatre director.-Career:He was for a time director of the National Theatre Company in Papua New Guinea....
, actor (theatre, television and film) - Dame Meg TaylorMeg TaylorDame Meg Taylor DBE is a Papua New Guinean lawyer and diplomat.She received her LL.B degree from Melbourne University, Australia, and her LL.M degree from Harvard University, USA...
, lawyer and diplomat