Wiwa Korowi

Sir Wiwa Korowi, GCMG (born July 7, 1948) was the sixth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.

Sir Wiwa is from the Southern Highlands. He was a member of the Nationalist Party and was voted by the Parliament to the position of Governor-General on November 18, 1991, to fill the position which Serei Eri had vacated roughly one and a half months earlier. He served in that position through 1997.

Preceded by
Dennis Young
Acting
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
1991-1997
Succeeded by
Sir Silas Atopare

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