John Pundari

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The Honourable
Minister for Finance and Rural Development
Assumed office
20 December 2020[1]
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Preceded byRenbo Paita
Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
In office
22 July 1997 – 13 July 1999
Preceded bySir Rabbie Namaliu
Succeeded byIairo Lasaro
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
15 July 1999 – 8 December 1999
Prime MinisterSir Mekere Morauta
Succeeded byMao Zeming
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
17 May 2001 – 31 October 2001
Prime MinisterSir Mekere Morauta
Preceded byBart Philemon
Succeeded byJohn Waiko
Member of Parliament
for Kompiam-Ambum
Assumed office
27 June 1992
Personal details
Born (1967-01-07) January 7, 1967 (age 57)

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

  1. ^ a b "PM Marape Announces New Cabinet". EMPV. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ "PAPUA NEW GUINEA". Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Papua New Guinea 1999: Crisis of Governance", Parliament of Australia
  4. ^ a b c Bio sheet Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Parliament of Papua New Guinea
  5. ^ "Deputy Prime Minister Pundari and Advance PNG Party sacked" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent, 9 December 1999
  6. ^ "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
  7. ^ "Seventh-day Adventist Becomes Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister". Adventist News Network. 13 July 1999. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. ^ Adventists honoured on Queen's Birthday Adventist Record Retrieved October 8, 2018
  9. ^ "Liberal Party Launched". 4 April 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Foreign Affairs
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister for Finance and Rural Development

2020–present
Incumbent
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Preceded by Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
1997–1999
Succeeded by