National Party (Papua New Guinea)

National Party
Leader Kerenga Kua [1]
President David Yak [1]
General Secretary Dick Wama [1]
National Parliament
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The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

It was formed on 14 November 1969 by Thomas Kavali.[2] Paul Pora and later Iambakey Okuk were also prominent members.

At the 2002 election, the party is said to have won 3 of 109 seats. The party won 1 out of 109 seats in the 2007 General Elections[3] It was led into the 2012 election by Simon Sanangke from outside parliament; however, the party won no seats.[4]

It is currently led by MP Kerenga Kua, who assumed the leadership in 2016 after his resignation from the National Alliance Party.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES" (PDF). Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Woolford, Don (2013). Papua New Guinea. University of Queensland Press. p. 112.
  3. ↑ This result is according to Papua New Guinean general election, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Ex- CEO of NGCB is new National Party leader". PNG Post Courier. 14 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sinasina Yongomugl MP Kua resigns from National Alliance". Loop Pacific. 14 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Party to open branches". PNG Post Courier. 15 June 2016.


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