19 Notable alumni of
University of Papua New Guinea
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The University of Papua New Guinea is 2604th in the world, 44th in Oceania, and 1st in Papua New Guinea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from the University of Papua New Guinea sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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James Marape
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Marape is a Papua New Guinean politician who has served as the prime minister of Papua New Guinea since May 2019. He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since July 2007, representing the electorate of Tari-Pori Open in Hela Province in the highlands. He has held Cabinet Posts as Minister of Education (2008–2011), Minister of Finance (2012–2019), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2023–present). Marape entered the 2022 elections under the banner of Pangu Party and won more seats than any other party. He was therefore entitled to form the government. His new government was elected unopposed by the new parliament.
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Peter O'Neill
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Peter Charles Paire O'Neill is a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2019. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ialibu-Pangia since 2002. He was a former cabinet minister and the leader of the People's National Congress between 2006 and 2022. He resigned his position as prime minister to avoid a vote of no confidence, and he was succeeded by James Marape. O'Neill won re-election to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea in 2022 in the first round with a large majority, which is unusual in the country.
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Bob Dadae
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Bob Bofeng Dadae is a Papua New Guinean politician who has served as the tenth and current Governor-General of Papua New Guinea since 2017.
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David Vunagi
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi,, is a retired Solomon Islands Anglican bishop and incumbent governor-general of Solomon Islands. He was the archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia from 2009 to 2015.
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Frank Kabui
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui, GCMG, CSI, OBE KStJ was the Governor General of the Solomon Islands from 7 July 2009 to 7 July 2019.
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Mekere Morauta
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Mekere Morauta was a Papua New Guinean politician and economist who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1999 to 2002. Inheriting a depressed economy and a fractious legislature, he embarked on fundamental reforms of the country's economy and political system.
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Rabbie Namaliu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as the fourth prime minister of Papua New Guinea from 4 July 1988 to 17 July 1992 as leader of the Pangu Party.
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Kessai Note
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kessai Hesa Note is a Marshallese politician who was President of the Marshall Islands from 2000 to 2008.
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Sam Abal
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Tei Abal is a Papua New Guinean politician. Abal, who previously served as Foreign Minister from August 2007 to December 2010, became the Deputy Prime Minister of the country in a cabinet reshuffle by Michael Somare on 7 December 2010. He further became acting Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea on 13 December 2010, when Prime Minister Somare stepped down from office to face a tribunal regarding allegations of financial mismanagement. His tenure as acting Prime Minister ended on 2 August 2011, when Peter O'Neill won a parliamentary vote to be appointed as Prime Minister. Since October 2021, he is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Papua New Guinea to Japan.
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Kalkot Mataskelekele
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Kalkot Mataskelekele Mauliliu is a Vanuatuan politician who served as the president of Vanuatu from 16 August 2004 to 16 August 2009.
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Gordon Darcy Lilo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gordon Darcy Lilo is a Solomon Islander politician who served as the prime minister of Solomon Islands from 16 November 2011 to 9 December 2014. He was a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands, representing the Gizo/Kolombangara constituency spanning Gizo and the island of Kolombangara in Western Province. Lilo served as the Minister of Finance of the Solomon Islands from 2006 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2011.
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Bartholomew Ulufa'alu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bartholomew Ulufa'alu CMG (25 December 1950 – 25 May 2007) was the prime minister of Solomon Islands from 27 August 1997 to 30 June 2000.
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Peter Ipatas
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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The Right Honourable Grand Chief Sir Peter Ipatas, KBE, GCL, MP is a Papua New Guinean politician and businessman, and is the current governor of Enga province. Ipatas has been re-elected to the parliament for four consecutive terms since 1997. He is commonly known throughout the country as the "Action Governor". Chief Ipatas is also known as the Father of Free Education Policy in the country. He first assumed office in 1997.
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Davis Steven
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servant
- Biography
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Davis Madava Steven is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the Papua New Guinea National Parliament, representing the seat of Esa'ala Open since 2012. Steven served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2019 to 2020 due to a cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Marape.
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Soroi Eoe
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Soroi Eoe is a Papua New Guinea politician. He has been a Member of the Papua New Guinea National Parliament since 2017, representing Kikori Open. On 7 June 2019, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and held the position for five months, and later returned to the same position on December 20, 2020.
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Cecilia Nembou
- Occupations
- women's rights activist
- Biography
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Cecilia Nembou is an educator and women's rights advocate from Papua New Guinea.
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i is a chief of the Turaga nation of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific, who has been associated with the nuclear-free Pacific movement, women's rights, indigenous rights, and environmental issues. Following Vanuatu's 1980 independence, she became one of the first two women elected to Parliament, in 1987. During the early 1990s, as Minister of Health, she helped to persuade the World Health Organization to bring the question of the legality of nuclear weapons to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. She received The Nuclear-Free Future Award in 2005. She is sister to Vanuatu's first Prime Minister, Walter Lin̄i.
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Pila Kole Niningi
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servant
- Biography
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Pila Kole Ninigi is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, and represented the seat of Imbonggu Open from 1997 to 1998 and was re-elected to the seat in 2017.
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Winifred Kamit
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Lady Winifred Taretaufi Kamit is a Papua New Guinean lawyer. In the 2006 Birthday Honours she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for service to law, commerce and public administration.
