Benjamin Poponawa

Benjamin Poponawa is a Papua New Guinea politician. He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since July 2007, representing the electorate of Tambul-Nebilyer Open. He was initially elected as an independent, but immediately joined the governing National Alliance upon his election.

Poponawa first contested the 2002 general election, but was defeated by People's Democratic Movement candidate Mark Anis. [Palme, Robert. "Wingti leads in WHP counting". "Papua New Guinea Post-Courier", June 27, 2002.] He again contested the seat as an independent at the 2007 general election, and was successful despite having trailed for most of the count. ["New MP for Tambul-Nebilyer". "Papua New Guinea Post-Courier", August 2, 2007.] He immediately announced his intention to join the governing National Alliance. [Gumuno, James Apa. "Poponawa unseats Anis, will join NA". "The National", August 2, 2007.] [Kolo, Pearson. "NA camp on shaky grounds". "Papua New Guinea Post-Courier", August 3, 2007.] He was subsequently named as Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance by Prime Minister Michael Somare. ["Papua New Guinea premier names vice-ministers". "BBC Monitoring Service: Asia-Pacific", August 30, 2007.]

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