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Papua New Guinean general election, 2012

Index Papua New Guinean general election, 2012

A general election was held in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from 23 June to about 13 July 2012, after being postponed by a further week, due to allowing for security personnel to criss-cross the country, particularly the highland provinces. [1]

57 relations: Areca nut, Arnold Amet, Australian National University, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Belden Namah, Bill Skate, Campaign finance, Cannibalism, Carol Kidu, Chimbu Province, Commonwealth of Nations, Cult, Deus, Don Polye, Election monitoring, Enga Province, Foreign direct investment, Francis Marus, Governor-general, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, Hela Province, Instant-runoff voting, Jeffrey Nape, Julia Gillard, Kandep, Law of Papua New Guinea, Leader of the Opposition, Madang, Maleficium (sorcery), Mekere Morauta, Michael Ogio, Michael Somare, Mount Hagen, MV Rabaul Queen, National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea), National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Papua New Guinean kina, People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea), Peter O'Neill, Port Moresby, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Puri Ruing, Salamo Injia, Single-member district, Southern Highlands Province, Speaker (politics), Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea, Tari, Papua New Guinea, ..., The Australian, The National (Papua New Guinea), The Sydney Morning Herald, Transparency International, Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party, Western Highlands Province, 2011–12 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis. Expand index (7 more) »

Areca nut

The areca nut is the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu), which grows in much of the tropical Pacific (Melanesia and Micronesia), Southeast and South Asia, and parts of east Africa.

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Arnold Amet

Sir Arnold Amet (born 30 October 1952) is a Papua New Guinean politician and judge.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Autonomous Region of Bougainville

The Autonomous Region of Bougainville, previously known as the North Solomons Province, is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea.

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Belden Namah

Belden Namah (born 30 December 1968) is a Papua New Guinean politician and former military officer.

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Bill Skate

Sir William Jack "Bill" Skate, (26 September 1953 – 3 January 2006) was a prominent Papua New Guinea politician.

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Campaign finance

Campaign finance refers to all funds raised to promote candidates, political parties, or policy initiatives and referenda.

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Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.

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Carol Kidu

Dame Carol Anne Kidu (née Millwater; born 10 October 1948), also known as Carol, Lady Kidu, DBE, is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician.

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Chimbu Province

Chimbu, occasionally spelled Simbu, is a province in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

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Cult

The term cult usually refers to a social group defined by its religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or its common interest in a particular personality, object or goal.

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Deus

Deus is Latin for "god" or "deity".

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Don Polye

Don Pomb Polye(born 1 February 1967) was a senior Papua New Guinean politician from Enga Province.

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Election monitoring

Election monitoring is the observation of an election by one or more independent parties, typically from another country or a non-governmental organization (NGO), primarily to assess the conduct of an election process on the basis of national legislation and international election standards.

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Enga Province

Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

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Foreign direct investment

A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country.

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Francis Marus

Francis Marus (born 12 December 1969) is a Papua New Guinean politician.

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Governor-general

Governor-general (plural governors-general) or governor general (plural governors general), in modern usage, is the title of an office-holder appointed to represent the monarch of a sovereign state in the governing of an independent realm.

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Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea is the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II, known in Tok Pisin as 'Missis Kwin', Papua New Guinea's head of state, performing the duties of the Queen in her absence.

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Hela Province

Hela is a province of Papua New Guinea.

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Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.

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Jeffrey Nape

Jeffrey Nape, CMG (1964 – 8 July 2016) was, until the 2012 election, Speaker of the National Parliament and twice officially and once unofficially acting Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.

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Julia Gillard

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is a retired Australian politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2010 to 2013.

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Kandep

Kandep is the district headquarters of Kandep District in the southern Enga Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Law of Papua New Guinea

The law of Papua New Guinea consists of the Constitution, ordinary statutes enacted by Parliament or adopted at Independence from overseas (together with their pendant regulations) and judge-made law.

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Leader of the Opposition

The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government.

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Madang

Madang (old German name: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen) is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

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Maleficium (sorcery)

Maleficium (plural: maleficia) as a Latin term, "An act of witchcraft performed with the intention of causing damage or injury; the resultant harm." It comes from the, "Early 17th century; earliest use found in George Abbot (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury.

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Mekere Morauta

Sir Mekere Morauta, KCMG (born 12 June 1946) is a Papua New Guinean economist and political figure.

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Michael Ogio

Sir Michael Ogio (7 July 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Papua New Guinean politician.

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Michael Somare

Sir Michael Thomas Somare (born 9 April 1936) is a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2011; he had previously been Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1980 and again from 1982 until 1985.

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Mount Hagen

Mount Hagen is the third largest city in Papua New Guinea, with a population of 46,250.

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MV Rabaul Queen

MV Rabaul Queen was a passenger ferry owned by the Papua New Guinea company Rabaul Shipping.

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National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea)

The National Alliance Party has operated as a political party in Papua New Guinea since 1995.

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National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Papua New Guinea Defence Force

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinean kina

The kina (ISO 4217 code: PGK) is the currency of Papua New Guinea.

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People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea)

The People's National Congress is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

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Peter O'Neill

Peter Charles Paire O'Neill, CMG (born February 13, 1964) is a Papua New Guinean politician and the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea since 2011.

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Port Moresby

(Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea and the largest city in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand.

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Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, is Papua New Guinea's head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National Parliament.

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Puri Ruing

Puri Ruing is a Papua New Guinean politician.

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Salamo Injia

Sir Salamo Injia, GCL is a Papua New Guinean judge.

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Single-member district

A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature.

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Southern Highlands Province

Southern Highlands is a province in Papua New Guinea.

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Speaker (politics)

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair.

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Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea has been the highest court of Papua New Guinea since 16 September 1975, replacing the pre-Independence Supreme Court (corresponding to the post-Independence National Court) and the overseas appellate tribunals from 1902 to 1975 of the High Court of Australia and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

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Tari, Papua New Guinea

Tari is the capital of the Tari-Pori District and is the centre of Huli country in the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea.

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The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964.

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The National (Papua New Guinea)

The National is a daily, English language newspaper published in Papua New Guinea.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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Transparency International

Transparency International e.V. (TI) is an international non-governmental organization which is based in Berlin, Germany, and was founded in 1993.

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Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party

The Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party ("T.H.E. Party") is a political party in Papua New Guinea.

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Western Highlands Province

Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea.

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2011–12 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis

The 2011–2012 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis was a dispute that started from January 2011 in Papua New Guinea between Peter O'Neill and Sir Michael Somare over who was legally Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinean_general_election,_2012

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