Benjamin Poponawa
Benjamin Poponawa (born 28 January 1960) is a Papua New Guinea politician.[1] He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since July 2007, representing the electorate of Tambul-Nebilyer Open. He was initially elected as an independent, but immediately joined the then-governing National Alliance upon his election.
Poponawa first contested the 2002 general election, but was defeated by People's Democratic Movement candidate Mark Anis.[2] He again contested the seat as an independent at the 2007 general election, and was successful despite having trailed for most of the count.[3] He immediately announced his intention to join the governing National Alliance.[4][5] He was subsequently named as Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance by Prime Minister Michael Somare.[6]
In January 2012, he joined Don Polye's new Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party.[7] He left the party in May 2014.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nominations By Electorate" (PDF). PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Palme, Robert. "Wingti leads in WHP counting". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, June 27, 2002.
- ^ "New MP for Tambul-Nebilyer". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, August 2, 2007.
- ^ Gumuno, James Apa. "Poponawa unseats Anis, will join NA". The National, August 2, 2007.
- ^ Kolo, Pearson. "NA camp on shaky grounds". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, August 3, 2007.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea premier names vice-ministers". BBC Monitoring Service: Asia-Pacific, August 30, 2007.
- ^ "PNG’S DEFUNCT RULING PARTY REFORMS AS ‘T.H.E. PARTY’" Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, The National, 23 January 2012
- ^ "Resignations en masse from PNG political party", Radio New Zealand International, 21 May 2014
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