Peter O'Neill

Peter O'Neill (born February 13, 1965 in Pangia District, Southern Highlands Province ) is a Papua New Guinea politician and was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2019 .

Life

Peter O'Neill is the son of an Australian father and a Papuan New Guinean mother. Raised in the Southern Highlands Province, he graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea in 1982 with a Bachelor of Accounting and Commerce. He worked as an auditor and headed several companies.

politics

O'Neill was a member of the People's National Congress Party and was elected to the parliament of Papua New Guinea in 2002 and 2007 for the constituency of Ilaibu-Pangia . He became Minister for Labor and Industrial Relations in Michael Somare's cabinet , and from 2003 to 2004 he was Minister for Civil Service. After leaving the government, he was the leader of the opposition from 2004 to 2007. In 2007 he was again Minister for the Public Service and from 2010 also Minister of Finance. After Prime Minister Michael Somare went to a hospital in Singapore for medical treatment in April 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Abal reshuffled the cabinet. O'Neill was appointed Secretary of Transportation. On August 2, 2011, Parliament declared the office of Prime Minister vacant and elected Peter O'Neill as the new Prime Minister with 70 to 24 votes.

Due to increasing criticism from the opposition and dwindling support from his own party, O'Neill resigned as Prime Minister on May 29, 2019. The next day, the national parliament elected former Treasury Secretary James Marape as his successor.

literature

Peter O'Neill , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 45/2012 from November 6, 2012, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

Biography at the Ministry of Finance of Papua New Guinea , accessed August 4, 2011, (PDF, English; 36 kB)
PNG vote weakens link to Michael Somare era. In: The Australian. August 3, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011 .

Individual evidence

↑ On December 12, the Supreme Court ruled this establishment unconstitutional, so the Governor General reappointed O'Neill on December 19. New head of government in Papua New Guinea. In: Handelsblatt. August 2, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011 .
^ Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill resigns. In: bbc.com . May 26, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019.
^ Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea resigned. In: orf.at . May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
↑ James Marape elected as the new head of government. Spiegel Online, May 30, 2019, accessed on the same day.

personal data
SURNAME	O'Neill, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Papua New Guinean politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 13, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pangia District, Southern Highlands Province

[1] On December 12, the Supreme Court ruled this establishment unconstitutional, so the Governor General reappointed O'Neill on December 19. New head of government in Papua New Guinea. In: Handelsblatt. August 2, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011 .

[2] Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill resigns. In: bbc.com . May 26, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019.

[3] Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea resigned. In: orf.at . May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

[4] James Marape elected as the new head of government. Spiegel Online, May 30, 2019, accessed on the same day.