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  • Parliamentary
    June 2012

Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Region: Asia & Pacific

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Sir Michael SOMARE
  • Assembly: Papua New Guinea has a unicameral National Parliament with 109 seats.

* The Queen is represented by governor general Sir Paulius MATANE.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Queen is N/A N/A.
  • In the National Parliament 109 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms.***

*** 89 members are elected from open electorates and 20 from provincial electorates.

Population:

  • Population: 5,545,268 (July 2005 est.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - June 2012

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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