People's National Congress Party
- People's National Congress Party
The People's National Congress Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. Its former leader Bill Skate served as prime minister from 1997 to 1999 and as speaker of Parliament from 2002 to 2004. Skate died in 2006 and the party is now led by Peter O’Neill.
At the legislative elections, 15-29 June 2002, the party is said to have won 2 of 109 seats. At the 2007 election, the party won 4 seats. It became a member of the coalition government led by Michael Somare’s National Alliance, and received two cabinet positions. [http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/08/30/temu-is-pngs-new-deputy-prime-minister]
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