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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 330 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 currently not 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.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 227 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 General1--
King1--
Prime Minister1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Administrative Services1--
Minister for Agriculture1--
Minister for Bougainville Affairs111
Minister for Coffee1-1
Minister for Commerce & Industry121
Minister for Communication & Information Technology1--
Minister for Community Development, Youth, & Religion1--
Minister for Correctional Services12-
Minister for Defence-31
Minister for Defense & Fire Service1--
Minister for Education13-
Minister for Energy1--
Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change-21
Minister for Finance & Implementation1--
Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources111
Minister for Forests121
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 Lands & Physical Planning & Urbanization1--
Minister for Livestock1--
Minister for Mining111
Minister for National Events1--
Minister for National Planning1--
Minister for Palm Oil1-1
Minister for Petroleum1--
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 Enterprises111
Minister for Tourism, Arts, & Culture1--
Minister for Transport & Civil Aviation1--
Minister for Treasury111
Minister for Works & Highway1--
Minister of Foreign Affairs111-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the National Parliament--107
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of France to Papua New Guinea-21

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-84-
Member of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea-53
Minister for Police and Internal Security-31
Minister of Finance-4-
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea-31
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea-21
Minister for Civil Aviation-21
Minister for Community Development-21
Minister for Higher Education-21
Minister for Inter-Government Relations-21
Minister of National Planning-21
Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea-11
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock-11
Minister for Communication and ICT-11
Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS-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 Works and Implementation-11
Minister for Youth-11
monarch of Papua New Guinea-11
Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea-11
Attorney General1--
Minister for Rural Development-1-
Minister of International Trade--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...