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.[1] He again contested the seat as an independent at the 2007 general election, and was successful despite having trailed for most of the count.[2] He immediately announced his intention to join the governing National Alliance.[3][4] He was subsequently named as Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance by Prime Minister Michael Somare.[5]
In January 2012, he joined Don Polye's new Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party.[6] He left the party in May 2014.[7]
References
- ↑ Palme, Robert. "Wingti leads in WHP counting". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, June 27, 2002.
- ↑ "New MP for Tambul-Nebilyer". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, August 2, 2007.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea premier names vice-ministers". BBC Monitoring Service: Asia-Pacific, August 30, 2007.
- ↑ "PNG’S DEFUNCT RULING PARTY REFORMS AS ‘T.H.E. PARTY’", The National, 23 January 2012
- ↑ "Resignations en masse from PNG political party", Radio New Zealand International, 21 May 2014