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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 391 entities connected with Papua New Guinea. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Papua New Guinea. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Papua New Guinea

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Papua New Guinea.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 272 entities identified as PEPs connected with Papua New Guinea.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister1--
Governor-General of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea2--
King1--
Prime Minister1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Administrative Services1--
Minister for Agriculture1--
Minister for Bougainville Affairs121
Minister for Commerce and Industry121
Minister for Communication & Information Technology1--
Minister for Community Development, Youth, & Religion1--
Minister for Correctional Services12-
Minister for Defence-21
Minister for Defense & Fire Service1--
Minister for Education111
Minister for Energy11-
Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change-21
Minister for Finance & Implementation1--
Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources112
Minister for Foreign Affairs12-
Minister for Forests12-
Minister for Health1--
Minister for Higher Education, Sports, Research, Science, & Technology1--
Minister for Housing1--
Minister for Immigration1--
Minister for International Trade & Investment1--
Minister for Justice11-
Minister for Labor & Employment1--
Minister for Labour and Employment-1-
Minister for Lands & Physical Planning & Urbanization1--
Minister for Lands and Physical Planning--1
Minister for Livestock1--
Minister for Mining111
Minister for National Events1--
Minister for National Planning1--
Minister for Palm Oil1--
Minister for Petroleum1-1
Minister for Planning1--
Minister for Police1--
Minister for Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs1--
Minister for Public Service1-1
Minister for Rural and Economic Development1--
Minister for State Enterprises11-
Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture1-1
Minister for Transport & Civil Aviation1--
Minister for Treasury1--
Minister for Works & Highway1--
Minister of Coffee1-1
Minister of Livestock--1
Vice-minister for Health--1
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Leader of the Opposition-1-
Member of the National Parliament--107
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea-2615
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of France to Papua New Guinea-21
ambassador of Russia to Papua New Guinea-1-
Ambassador of Spain to Papua New Guinea-3-
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Papua New Guinea-41
United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea-1-

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
member of the 10th National Parliament of Papua New Guinea-83-
Member of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea-16
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock-21
Minister for Civil Aviation-21
Minister for Inter-Government Relations-21
Minister for Police and Internal Security-21
Minister for Works and Implementation-21
Minister of Finance-21
Minister of National Planning-21
Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea-11
Minister for Community Development-11
Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS-11
Minister for Higher Education-11
Minister for Housing and Urban Development-11
Minister for Immigration and Border Security-2-
Minister for Religion-11
Minister for Research-11
Minister for Science and Technology-11
Minister for Sports and National Gaming-11
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure-2-
Minister for Youth-11
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea--2
Attorney General1--
Minister for Communication and ICT--1
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea1--
Minister for Rural Development-1-
Minister of International Trade--1
Prime Minister and Minister for Treasury of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea1--
Vice-Minister for Works and Implementation--1

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...