Sir Michael was Papua New Guinea's first prime minister when it gained independence from Australia in 1975, and was also its longest-serving leader. He died two weeks ago at the age of 84, soon ...

Sir Julius’s way of playing the game famously ushered some serious tensions into the Australia-PNG relationship. I remember running into Sir Julius in Sir Michael’s hometown of Wewak, during the 2012 ...

Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s longest-serving prime minister and a key figure in the country’s struggle for independence, died on Friday in Port Moresby, aged 84. He was diagnosed ...

ASEAN Beat Papua New Guinea Selects New Prime Minister After months of political bickering and a constitutional crisis, PNG has a new PM. By Luke Hunt August 06, 2012 ...

The last of Papua New Guinea's founding fathers and one of the country's longest serving politicians, Sir Julius Chan, has died. Sir Julius passed away at his home in Huris, New Ireland province ...