Samuel Tei Abal (born 26 June 1958) is a Papua New Guinean politician.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4] 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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^"New PNG Deputy PM Sam Abal sworn-in". Radio Australia. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
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^Nicholas, Isaac (9 December 2010). "Somare Picks Successor Carefully Amid Crisis". The National (Papua New Guinea). Pacific Islands Report. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
Samuel Tei Abal (born 26 June 1958) is a Papua New Guinean politician. Abal, who previously served as Foreign Minister from August 2007 to December 2010...
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dictatorship died down, Mr Somare crossed the floor, pointed his finger at an MP, Sam Basil, and shouted in Toc pisin words that translate as: If you were outside...
Sir Tei Abal KBE (1932? – 1994) was a member of the parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 1964 and 1982, during which time he both served as a government...
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was formed in 2011 after a vote of no confidence put an end to the Somare/Abal government. In May 2012, he announced that, after fifteen years in Parliament...
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condition, leadership of the nation was vested in Deputy Prime Minister SamAbal in April 2011. In August, following a Cabinet reshuffle which had led three...
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O'Neill asked police to investigate Basil and sacked anti-corruption head Sam Koim, claiming that they had colluded to oppose him. In August 2014, Basil...
This attempt also failed after the opposition split between Pruaitch and Sam Basil. Basil's supporters returned to government with Pruaitch, but Namath...
general election. ^ For two periods in this term of Somare's premiership SamAbal was acting prime minister. ^ See 2011–12 Papua New Guinean constitutional...
People's Party at the 2012 election, ousting former Deputy Prime Minister SamAbal in one of the largest upsets of that election. In February 2017, he resigned...
parliamentary motion of no confidence in the government of Acting Prime Minister SamAbal. O'Neill appointed Sir Puka as his Minister for Agriculture and Livestock...
interested in it. In August 2011, the government of Acting Prime Minister SamAbal (standing in for Somare while the latter was hospitalised for a serious...
churches", which had initially submitted the request to O'Neill's predecessor SamAbal, before the latter was ousted in a motion of no confidence. Virtually no...
Marat Andrew Baing Moses Maladina Moi Avei Don Polye Puka Temu Don Polye SamAbal Belden Namah Leo Dion Charles Abel Davis Steven Sam Basil John Rosso...
December 2010, joining Duma in Cabinet. In June 2011, Acting Prime Minister SamAbal sacked Duma from Cabinet. The party had at that time recently held a fundraising...
Marat Andrew Baing Moses Maladina Moi Avei Don Polye Puka Temu Don Polye SamAbal Belden Namah Leo Dion Charles Abel Davis Steven Sam Basil John Rosso...
Marat Andrew Baing Moses Maladina Moi Avei Don Polye Puka Temu Don Polye SamAbal Belden Namah Leo Dion Charles Abel Davis Steven Sam Basil John Rosso...
New Guinea's diplomatic allegiance. Papua New Guinea's foreign minister SamAbal subsequently confirmed that his country had no intention of recognising...
Papua New Guinea In office 2010–2010 Preceded by Puka Temu Succeeded by SamAbal Member of National Parliament for Kandep Open Incumbent Assumed office...
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