Julius Chan

Sir Julius Chan , GCMG , KBE (陳仲民Pinyin : Chén Zhòngmín) (born August 29, 1939 in the Tanga Islands , New Ireland ) was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997.

biography

Chan, son of the trader Chin Pak (陳柏), from Taishan , China , was educated at the Marist College Ashgrove in Australia and was first active in politics in the 1960s. He was three times deputy prime minister (1976, 1985, 1986) and twice finance minister (from 1972 to 1977 and from 1992 to 1994). In 1976 he was Minister of Industry and in 1994 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 1970 Chan became chairman of the People's Progress Party . He was knighted in 1981.

His campaign for re-election as Prime Minister in August 1994 had two main themes: national security and economic development. In 1997, by engaging the British-South African mercenary group Sandline International to put down the civil war on the island of Bougainville , the Chan government started the Sandline affair , which was accompanied by serious unrest and a ten-day mutiny by the underpaid army . In response to the unrest, a motion of censure against Chan was tabled in parliament on March 25, 1997 , but it failed. Nevertheless, he resigned the next day.

He is currently Governor of the Province of New Ireland and supported in this position on March 10, 2010 a motion of no confidence against the Speaker of Parliament Jeffrey Nape .

Julius Chan has been married to Stella Chan since 1966 and has four children. His son Byron is also a Papuan New Guinean politician.

literature

Tim Spicer: An unorthodox soldier. Peace and war and the Sandline Affair . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2003, ISBN 1-84018-349-7

Web links

ABC International, Radio Australia, News In Depth In Focus: Sir Julius Chan ( Memento from December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Amnesty International, 1998 Annual Report, reporting period: January 1 - December 31, 1997 Papua New Guinea

Individual evidence

↑ YOU TUBE: Jeffery Nape is the Worst Parliament Speaker in the Commonwealth of Nations (March 10, 2010) ( Memento of September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Chan, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chan, Sir Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Papua New Guinean politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tanga Islands , Papua New Guinea

[1] YOU TUBE: Jeffery Nape is the Worst Parliament Speaker in the Commonwealth of Nations (March 10, 2010) ( Memento of September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )