Appointer Michael Ogio Formation 16 September 1975 | Inaugural holder Michael Somare | |
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Term length At the Governor-General's pleasure | ||
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, is Papua New Guinea's head of government, consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the National Parliament.
2011–12 constitutional crisis
Amidst the 2011–12 constitutional crisis, the office was disputed between Peter O'Neill of the People's National Congress Party and Sir Michael Somare of the National Alliance Party; the latter supported O'Neill as Prime Minister on 3 August 2012, thus the constitutional crisis came to an end.
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