1961 Papua New Guinean general election information

General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea on 18 March 1961. Indigenous members were elected for the first time, although on...

General elections were held in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea between 15 February and 15 March 1964. They were the first elections in the territory...

The Papua conflict (Indonesian: Konflik Papua) is an ongoing conflict in Western New Guinea (Papua) between Indonesia and the Free Papua Movement (Indonesian:...

Indonesia's six easternmost provinces, Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua, which were administered as a single province...

KStJ (born 8 March 1961) is a Papua New Guinean politician who has served as the tenth and current Governor-General of Papua New Guinea since 2017. He was...

and began "Papuanization" to prepare for independence. In February 1961, the Dutch organised elections for the New Guinea Council a Papuan representative...

(Committee Nasional Papua, CNP) led by Willem Inury, Papuan National Front (Front Nasional Papua, FNP) led by Lodewijk Ayamiseba, New Guinean Party (Partai...

Indonesian provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua, also formerly known as Papua, Irian Jaya and West Irian...

This region is also known as Papua and was previously named Irian Jaya. The eastern half of the island is Papua New Guinea. Human habitation is estimated...

Dutch New Guinea renamed West Papua: new national flag approved by Netherlands government. Reuters TV (Television production). Reuters. 5 November 1961. 8126/61...

Hai Tanahku Papua ("Oh My Land Papua") was an anthem of Netherlands New Guinea and of the unilaterally declared Republic of West Papua. The anthem was...

GCMG CH CF SSI KStJ KSG PC (9 April 1936 – 25 February 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician. Widely called the "father of the nation" (Tok Pisin: papa...

of Papua and New Guinea decided that the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea should have six elected Papua New Guinean members in the 1961 elections...

Buaki Singeri (1937 – June 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1972...

Southwest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya) is the 38th province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua on 8 December 2022....

talks with the BRA in 1994. In 1997, Akoitai took part in the Papua New Guinean general election, and was elected Member of Parliament for Central Bougainville...

April 1987) was a Papua New Guinean policeman, farmer and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council from 1951 to 1961 and then as a member...

Michael Nali CBE (born 1961) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was the leader of the People's Progress Party from 2002 to 2007 and was Member of Parliament...

these, especially within the Tainui iwi. The monarchy of Papua New Guinea (the Papua New Guinean Monarchy) is a system of government in which a hereditary...

Rimbink Pato OBE (born 4 May 1961) is a Papua New Guinean constitutional lawyer and politician. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2012...

Pita Tamindei (c. 1918 – June 1968) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1964 and 1968. Tamindei...

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chaired the Legislative Council of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (which became Papua New Guinea) from 1953 until 1964 and directed the introduction...

no later than this date. The autonomous region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea will gain independence per an agreement made in 2021. The upcoming...

northeast of Australia. It is directly adjacent to Papua New Guinea to the west, Australia to the southwest, New Caledonia and Vanuatu to the southeast, Fiji...