Papua New Guinea Government

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Country Name	Papua New Guinea
Full Country Name	Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Abbreviation	PNG
Local - Short	Papuaniugini
Former Name	German New Guinea, British New Guinea, Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Etymology- history of name	the word "papua" derives from the Malay "papuah" describing the frizzy hair of the Melanesians; Spanish explorer Ynigo ORTIZ de RETEZ applied the term "Nueva Guinea" to the island of New Guinea in 1545 after noting the resemblance of the locals to the peoples of the Guinea coast of Africa
Government Type	parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Capital Name	Port Moresby
Capital - geographic coordinate	9 27 S, 147 11 E
Capital Time Difference	UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: Papua New Guinea has two time zones, including Bougainville (UTC+11)
Independence	16 September 1975 (from the Australia-administered UN trusteeship)
National Holiday	Independence Day, 16 September (1975)
Constitution	history: adopted 15 August 1975, effective at independence 16 September 1975 amendments: proposed by the National Parliament; passage has prescribed majority vote requirements depending on the constitutional sections being amended – absolute majority, two-thirds majority, or three-fourths majority; amended many times, last in 2016

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Papua New Guinea Government and Politics

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Executive Branch:	chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor General Grand Chief Sir Bob DADAE (since 28 February 2017) head of government: Prime Minister James MARAPE (since 30 May 2019) cabinet: National Executive Council appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general nominated by the National Parliament and appointed by the chief of state; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general pending the outcome of a National Parliament vote election results: James MARAPE reelected prime minister; National Parliament vote - 105 out of 118
Citizenship Criteria:	citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Papua New Guinea dual citizenship recognized: no residency requirement for naturalization: 8 years
Legal System:	mixed legal system of English common law and customary law
Suffrage:	18 years of age; universal
Legislative Branch:	description: unicameral National Parliament (118 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies - 89 local, 20 provincial, the autonomous province of Bouganville, and the National Capital District - by majority preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the constitution allows up to 126 seats elections: last held from 4-22 July 2022 (next to be held in June 2027) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PANGU PATI - 39, PNC - 17, URP - 11, NAP - 6, SDP - 4, PFP - 4, PP – 4, PNGP – 3, ULP - 3, Advance PNG - 2, National Party - 2, Liberal Party - 2, AP - 1, Destiny Party - 1, Greens - 1, MAP - 1, NGP - 1, ODP - 1, PLP - 1, PMC - 1, PPP - 1, PRP - 1, THE - 1, independents - 10; composition - NA
Judicial Branch:	highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, deputy chief justice, 35 justices, and 5 acting justices); National Courts (consists of 13 courts located in the provincial capitals, with a total of 19 resident judges) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the governor general upon advice of the National Executive Council (cabinet) after consultation with the National Justice Administration minister; deputy chief justice and other justices appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, a 5-member body that includes the Supreme Court chief and deputy chief justices, the chief ombudsman, and a member of the National Parliament; full-time citizen judges appointed for 10-year renewable terms; non-citizen judges initially appointed for 3-year renewable terms and after first renewal can serve until age 70; appointment and tenure of National Court resident judges NA subordinate courts: district, village, and juvenile courts, military courts, taxation courts, coronial courts, mining warden courts, land courts, traffic courts, committal courts, grade five courts
Regions or States:	20 provinces, 1 autonomous region, and 1 district; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Hela, Jiwaka, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital**, New Ireland, Northern, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain, West Sepik
Political Parties and Leaders:	Destiny Party [Marsh NAREWEC] Liberal Party [John PUNDARI] Melanesian Alliance Party or MAP [Joseph YOPYYOPY] Melanesian Liberal Party or MLP [Dr Allan MARAT] National Alliance Party or NAP [Walter SCHNAUBELT] Our Development Party or ODP [Puka TEMU] Papua and Niugini Union Party or PANGU PATI [James MARAPE] Papua New Guinea Greens Party [Richard MASERE] Papua New Guinea National Party [Kerenga KUA] Papua New Guinea Party or PNGP [Belden NAMAH] People's First Party or PFP [Richard MARU] People's Movement for Change or PMC [Gary JUFFA] People's National Congress Party or PNC [Peter Paire O'NEILL] People’s National Party [Kerenga KUA] People's Party or PP [Dr Lino TOM] People's Progress Party or PPP [Sir Julius CHAN] People's Reform Party or PRP [James DONALD] PNG Party [Belden NAMAH] Social Democratic Party or SDP [Powes PARKOP] Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party or THE [Don POLYE] United Labor Party or ULP [Koni IGUAN] United Resources Party or URP [William DUMA]
International Law Organization Participation:	has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
International Organization Participation:	ACP, ADB, AOSIS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (observer), C, CD, CP, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic Representation in the US:	chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Cephas KAYO (since 31 January 2018) chancery: 1825 K Street NW, Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20006 telephone: [1] (202) 745-3680 FAX: [1] (202) 745-3679 email address and website: info@pngembassy.org http://www.pngembassy.org/
Diplomatic Representation from US:	chief of mission: Ambassador-designate Ann Marie YASTISHOCK (since 2 February 2024); note - also accredited to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu embassy: Harbour City Road, Konedobu, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea mailing address: 4240 Port Moresby Pl, Washington DC 20521-4240 telephone: [675] 308-9100 email address and website: ConsularPortMoresby@state.gov https://pg.usembassy.gov/

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