Ignatius Kilage

Sir Ignatius Kilage, GCMG (1941 – 31 December 1989) was the fourth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea and served from March to December 1989, when he died suddenly in office.^[1]

Prior to the vice regal post, Kilage was chief ombudsman of Papua New Guinea and author of the book My Mother Calls Me Yaltep^[2] .

After his death, a stadium was named in his honour in 1991.

References

1. Ethnology. University of Pittsburgh. 1990. p. 110.
2. Kilage, Ignatius (1980). My mother calls me Yaltep. Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195546296.