Papua New Guinea Greens

Papua New Guinea Greens Party
Leader	Wan Wak (National President)
Secretary-General	Andrew Kutapae
National President	Wan Wak
Treasurer	Jackrey Engas
Special Advisor	Dorothy Tekwie
Founded	2001
Youth wing	Jack Lyakundi
Women Wing	Margret Yanda
Highlands	John Horaki
Southern	Sep Galeva
Ideology	Green politics Environmentalism
Political position	Green Politics
International affiliation	Global Greens, Asia-Pacific Green Network
Colours	Green
Momase	Jacob Nalu
NGI	Thomas Buka
MPs in the National Parliament	0 / 111
Website
www.pnggreensparty.org.pg

The Papua New Guinea Greens Party are a minor political party in Papua New Guinea. Founded in 2001, the party took part in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 general elections, without winning a seat.^[1] They are a member of the Global Greens and of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation.^[2]

Per its constitution, the party campaigns for environmentally sustainable development, participatory democracy, an "equitable distribution of social and natural resources […] to meet basic human needs unconditionally", and respect for "cultural, linguistic, ethnic, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity within the context of individual responsibility toward all beings".^[3]

In the 2012 general election, the party was led by Dorothy Tekwie and stood twenty-five candidates, of whom ten were women, in a country where women remain vastly under-represented in politics.^[4] None were elected. Tekwie herself unsuccessfully stood against incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah in the Vanimo-Green River constituency.^[5]

References

↑ "PNG Greens begin 2012 election campaign", Radio Australia, 15 February 2012
↑ "Australian Senators Campaign with PNG Greens", Global Greens, 2 July 2012
↑ Constitution of the Papua New Guinea Greens Party
↑ "PNG at crossroads as elections loom, says Greens leader", Radio New Zealand International
↑ "‘Vibrant’ Belden Namah Victorious in Vanimo-Green", The Garamut, 21 July 2012

Political parties in Papua New Guinea

National parties	National Alliance Party Papua New Guinea Party People's Action Party Pangu Party People's Democratic Movement United Resources Party People's Progress Party New Generation Party People's National Congress Party People's Party Rural Development Party Melanesian Liberal Party People's Labour Party Social Democratic Party Country Party United Party Melanesian Alliance Party National Advance Party Pipol First Party Labour Party National Party Conservative Party T.H.E. Party Greens

Bougainville parties	Bougainville Independence Movement Bougainville Labour Party Bougainville People's Congress New Bougainville Party

Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Papua New Guinea

Green parties by country

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Burkina Faso Rally of the Ecologists Ecologist Party Burundi Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco The Greens Izigzawen Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Green Party Democratic Green Party South Africa Green Alliance Green Party Togo Tunisia Uganda Ecological Party Green Party Zambia

Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala French Guyana Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Green Sol PERI Venezuela

Asia-Pacific	Australia Fiji French Polynesia Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Meretz The Green Movement The Greens Japan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Civil Will-Green Green Party Nepal Hariyali Green Civil Society New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Flanders and Brussels Wallonia and Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Green Party The Greens Croatia Croatian Sustainable Development Green List Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Socialist People's Party The Greens Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Alliance '90/The Greens Ecological Democratic Party Greece Hungary Dialogue for Hungary Politics Can Be Different Iceland Ireland Italy Federation of the Greens Green Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands GroenLinks The Greens Norway Poland Portugal Earth Party Green Party LIVRE Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Green Alternative (GROZA) Ecological Party "The Greens" (KEDR) Union of Greens (Green Russia) Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Greens Youth Party Spain Catalonia Greens Confederation of the Greens Equo Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland

Italic links indicate non-members or observers of the Global Greens.

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