John Pundari
The Honourable Minister for Finance and Rural Development | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2020[1] | |
Prime Minister | James Marape |
Preceded by | Renbo Paita |
Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea | |
In office 22 July 1997 – 13 July 1999 | |
Preceded by | Sir Rabbie Namaliu |
Succeeded by | Iairo Lasaro |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 15 July 1999 – 8 December 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Mekere Morauta |
Succeeded by | Mao Zeming |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 May 2001 – 31 October 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Mekere Morauta |
Preceded by | Bart Philemon |
Succeeded by | John Waiko |
Member of Parliament for Kompiam-Ambum | |
Assumed office 27 June 1992 | |
Personal details | |
Born | January 7, 1967 |
Sir John Pundari Minister of Finance and Rural Development since 20 December 2020.[1]
First elected to Parliament in the
Pacific Solution". Australia had begun deporting to a detention camp in Papua New Guinea asylum seekers who had arrived by boat in Australia; Pundari opposed the sending of 1,000 additional detainees to the camp.[4][6]
He founded the
People's National Congress Party, he was appointed Minister for the Environment and Conservation in O'Neill's government following the 2012 general election.[4]
Pundari is an active member and leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea.[7]
The Honorable John Pundari, was recognized as a Companion of the Order of St Michael for his services to his country as a Member of the National Parliament, by Queen Elizabeth II on her birthday in 2014.[8]
In 2022, Pundari founded the Liberal Party to compete in the 2022 Papua New Guinean general election.[9]
References
- ^ a b "PM Marape Announces New Cabinet". EMPV. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "PAPUA NEW GUINEA". Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea 1999: Crisis of Governance", Parliament of Australia
- ^ a b c Bio sheet Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Parliament of Papua New Guinea
- ^ "Deputy Prime Minister Pundari and Advance PNG Party sacked" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent, 9 December 1999
- ^ "Former Foreign Affairs Minister Pundari accuses PNG PM Morauta of double standards" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, The National, 5 November 2001
- ^ "Seventh-day Adventist Becomes Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister". Adventist News Network. 13 July 1999. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Adventists honoured on Queen's Birthday Adventist Record Retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ "Liberal Party Launched". 4 April 2022.