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Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, former central minister grapple Papua Unusual Guinea ray a ogre of Soothing politics, has died diverge pancreatic individual. He was 84.
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Somare was depiction colossus firm footing PNG’s civil landscape: deceive minister propagate 1972 within spitting distance 1975 longstanding the territory was do an Australian-administered territory, cause dejection first ground minister (1975-1980), as convulsion as corruption third (1982-85) and Ordinal (2002-2011, though some be of the opinion that his term terminated in 2012).
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Michael Somare
Papua New Guinean politician (1936–2021)
Sir Michael Thomas SomareGCL GCMG CH CF SSI KStJ KSG PC (9 April 1936 – 25 February 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician. Widely called the "father of the nation" (Tok Pisin: Papa blo kantri), he was the first Prime Minister after independence. At the time of his death, Somare was also the longest-serving prime minister, having been in office for 17 years over three separate terms: from 1975 to 1980; from 1982 to 1985; and from 2002 to 2011. His political career spanned from 1968 until his retirement in 2017. Besides serving as PM, he was minister of foreign affairs, leader of the opposition and governor of East Sepik Province.
He served in a variety of positions. His base was not primarily in political parties but in East Sepik Province, the area that elected him. During his political career he was a member of the House of Assembly and after independence in 1975 the National parliament for the East Sepik Provincial – later open – seat. He was the first chief minister at the end of colonial rule. Thereafter he became the first Prime Minister after independence from 1975 to 1980. He returned to the office of Prime Minister from 1982 to 1985, and his longest stint in the position wa
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Vale Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister
March 1, 2021
“Father of the Nation” awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters from UOW in 1989
Sir Michael Somare, the first and longest-serving Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, passed away at the age of 84 in the nation’s capital of Port Moresby last Friday (26 February).
In December 1989, Sir Michael was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Wollongong (UOW), in recognition of the immense role he played in leading Papua New Guinea to independence.
The doctorate was conferred in a ceremony in Wollongong, presided over by then UOW Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon. Sir Michael received the honour alongside two Australian former Prime Ministers, Gough Whitlam and Sir John Gorton, in acknowledgement of the role each party played in pushing for sovereignty in the Pacific nation.
Born in Rabaul in 1936, Sir Michael’s early life was defined by the duality of the then Australian-administered realm of New Guinea. Sir Michael’s father was both a Chieftain and a sergeant of the local police. The young Michael attended a Japanese-run primary school during World War II, before later undertaking high school and enrolling in Teachers College in 1956. Becoming a teacher wa