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 Politics of Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea is elected by parliament.
The Governor General appoints the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
New governments are protected by law from votes of no confidence for the first 18 months of their incumbency, and no votes of no confidence may be moved in the 12 months preceding a national election.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea or PNG, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya).
Papua New Guinea is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state.
Papua New Guinea is one of the few regions close to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the most elevated parts of the mainland.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea   (3629 words)

  
 Papua New Guinea
The Indonesian province of West Papua (Irian Jaya) is to the west.
To the north and east are the islands of Manus, New Britain, New Ireland, and Bougainville, all part of Papua New Guinea.
In 1906, Britain transferred its rights to British New Guinea to a newly independent Australia, and the name of the territory was changed to the Territory of Papua.
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 Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952) Governor-General:...
Papua New Guinea: History - History Papua, the southern section of the country, was annexed by Queensland in 1883 and the...
Papua New Guinea: Land, People, Economy, and Government - Land, People, Economy, and Government Papua New Guinea is a wild, rugged region, with limited...
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