SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea's first prime minister, Michael Somare, has died aged 84, his daughter said on Friday. Known as the "father of the nation", Somare led the Pacific archipelago to ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Michael Somare, a pivotal figure in Papua New Guinea’s independence and the South Pacific island nation's first prime minister, has died. He was 84. Somare was Papua New ...

Papua New Guinea's first prime minister and "father of the nation," Sir Michael Somare, died on Friday aged 84 after what his family described as a brief battle with cancer. Known across the country ...

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare led Papua New Guinea to independence, became the first prime minister of the newly sovereign nation, and served as head of government for 17 of its 45 independent years.

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has been a member of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Parliament since 1968, and for 18 of his 43 years in Parliament he has been chief minister/prime minister, as ...

Papua New Guinea's "Grand Chief" Michael Somare will not contest elections in June, his daughter said on Monday, ending more than four decades at the centre of the developing nation's political life.

SIR Michael Somare is likely to find out today if he is still a sitting member of Papua New Guinea's parliament. The veteran politician and former prime minister was dismissed from parliament on ...

Sir Michael, 76, said today he would hand over the party leadership to NA deputy and former treasurer Patrick Pruaitch. "The time has come for me to serve my people at the provincial level," Sir ...

Fri, February 26, 2021 Published on Feb. 26, 2021 Published on 2021-02-26T10:54:56+07:00 apua New Guinea's first prime minister and "father of the nation" Sir Michael Somare died on Friday after what ...

Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister Michael Somare has died aged 84, his daughter announced on Friday. Known as the “father of the nation”, Somare led the Pacific archipelago to independence from ...