16 September 1975
Governor-General Takes Office
John Guise becomes first Governor-General of independent Papua New Guinea
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
John Guise becomes first Governor-General of independent Papua New Guinea
Michael Somare becomes first Prime Minister of independent Papua New Guinea
Tore Lokoloko becomes Governor-General after John Guise
Somare continues as Prime Minister after the first post-independence national election
Somare leaves office after his first period as Prime Minister
Julius Chan becomes Prime Minister after Somare loses parliamentary support
Chan leaves office after the 1982 election
Somare returns as Prime Minister after the national election
Kingsford Dibela becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Paias Wingti becomes Prime Minister after a parliamentary vote
Somare loses office after a successful no-confidence motion
Wingti leaves office after losing parliamentary support
Rabbie Namaliu becomes Prime Minister after Wingti is removed
Ignatius Kilage becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Dennis Young serves as acting Governor-General after Ignatius Kilage dies
Vincent Eri becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Wiwa Korowi becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Namaliu leaves office after the 1992 national election
Wingti returns as Prime Minister after the national election
Julius Chan returns as Prime Minister after Wingti leaves office
Wingti leaves office after a Supreme Court challenge and political crisis
John Giheno becomes acting Prime Minister during the Sandline crisis
Chan steps aside during the Sandline affair and political crisis
Chan resumes office briefly before the 1997 election transition
Bill Skate becomes Prime Minister after the 1997 national election
Silas Atopare becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Skate resigns before a no-confidence vote
Mekere Morauta becomes Prime Minister after Bill Skate resigns
Morauta leaves office after the 2002 national election
Somare returns as Prime Minister after the 2002 national election
Bill Skate serves as acting Governor-General after Silas Atopare
Jeffery Nape serves briefly as acting Governor-General
Paulias Matane becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Somare remains Prime Minister after the 2007 national election
Jeffery Nape again serves as acting Governor-General
Michael Ogio becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Peter O'Neill becomes Prime Minister during the 2011 political crisis
Somare is replaced as Prime Minister during a constitutional crisis
O'Neill continues as Prime Minister after the 2012 national election
Theo Zurenuoc serves as acting Governor-General after Ogio dies
Michael Ogio dies while serving as Governor-General
Bob Dadae becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
O'Neill continues as Prime Minister after the 2017 national election
O'Neill leaves office after losing parliamentary support
James Marape is elected Prime Minister by Parliament
Marape continues as Prime Minister after the 2022 national election
Dadae is re-elected by Parliament for a second term as Governor-General
Marape leads national commemorations for fifty years of independence
Marape continues as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
Provenance
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