Chris Haiveta

Chris Haiveta (born 1959) is the head of the Pangu Party of Papua New Guinea[1] and a member of National Parliament. In 1993 he was named Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.[1] He also served as the governor of Gulf Province twice. Haiveta served as finance minister in the government of Julius Chan. They both resigned in 1997 during the Sandline Affair. Soon after that, Haiveta briefly became foreign minister but had left that post by the end of 1997. He became governor of Gulf Province for the first time in 1997, lost that post in 1998 and became governor again in 2002. He lost the election July 2007, and left the governorship later that year after the parliamentary elections. He is married to a beautiful woman and has seven wonderful children, and visits them often in Australia. He is currently working within the Prime Minister's department.

References

  1. 1 2 The Europa World Year 2004. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 3347. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8. Retrieved 27 February 2011.


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