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	Radio Australia - News In Depth - In Focus - Paias Wingti
		Coming from the Jika Tribe, Paias Wingti was the first, and so far the only, Highlander to be prime minister.
		Wingti was born in 1951 and co-founded the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in 1985.
		The previous year, Mr Wingti had come up with what seemed to be a new way to thwart PNG's regular Votes of No Confidence.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/profiles/paiaswingti.htm (250 words)

	Green Left - Wingti's gamble sparks PNG crisis
		By resigning suddenly and then being re-elected moments later, Wingti hoped to stave off a likely no-confidence vote early next year and guarantee power for his coalition government until the 1997 general election.
		Wingti's unpopularity has been growing because of a controversial Internal Security Act, planned introduction of an identity card system, arbitrary moves to combat crime and a radical change to constitutional freedoms.
		Defending his actions, Wingti said he needed to be re-elected to ensure the political stability of the country for investors until the 1997 election.
	www.greenleft.org.au /1993/119/5258 (933 words)

	Old rivals court for power - smh.com.au
		Former Papua New Guinea prime ministers and political rivals Paias Wingti and Bill Skate hugged each other yesterday as Skate was declared the winner of his seat in the national election.
		Wingti's message of congratulations to Skate was a big surprise - given that Skate had just beaten off a prominent candidate from Wingti's own PDM party, a party upon which Skate had also 'declared war' earlier this year.
		Wingti was adamant that he had dropped by only to congratulate Skate.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/06/26/1023864583737.html (343 words)

	Paias Wingti loses seat in PNG elections - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Paias Wingti has been unseated as a national MP and Western Highlands governor in a surprise last result of the country's elections.
		Wingti, who is leader of the People's Democratic Movement, was prime minister three times between 1985 and 1994 and the first Highlander to hold the nation's top post.
		Wingti lost the seat before in 1997 to Catholic priest Robert Lak but won it back in 2002.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Paias-Wingti-loses-seat-in-PNG-elections/2007/08/07/1186252667808.html (421 words)

	Papua New Guinea - History
		In November 1985, the Somare government lost a vote of no confidence, and the parliamentary majority elected Paias Wingti, at the head of a five-party coalition, as prime minister.
		A coalition, headed by Wingti, was victorious in very close elections in July 1987.
		In July 1988, a no-confidence vote toppled Wingti and brought to power Rabbie Namaliu, who a few weeks earlier had replaced Somare as leader of the Pangu Party.
	www.visit-papua-new-guinea.com /History-3.html (981 words)

	Green Left - Cover Story: Protest against Wingti
		Paias Wingti, prime minister of Papua New Guinea, will be visiting Australia from February 8.
		Wingti will also travel to Melbourne and Brisbane, and protests are being organised in those cities.
		It is believed that Wingti's mission is twofold: raising capital for a prospective CRA gold mining venture on the island of Lihir, and seeking more military aid to enable the PNG armed forces to retake the CRA-owned Panguna copper mine.
	www.greenleft.org.au /1994/130/10427 (229 words)

	Papua New Guinea (04/07)
		In November 1985, the Somare government lost a vote of no confidence, and the parliamentary majority elected Paias Wingti, at the head of a five-party coalition, as Prime Minister.
		A coalition, headed by Wingti, was victorious in very close elections in July 1987.
		In July 1988, a no-confidence vote toppled Wingti and brought to power Rabbie Namaliu, who a few weeks earlier had replaced Somare as leader of the Pangu Party.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2797.htm (4257 words)

	Papua New Guinea HISTORY
		At the same time, his Pangu Pati was split by his deputy, Paias Wingti, who then founded a new party, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM).
		Wingti's government was defeated in a no confidence vote in July 1988; a coalition government led by Rabbie Namaliu replaced the PDM government.
		Paias Wingti, the leader of the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), was reelected prime minister in July 1992 as the leader of a new coalition government with the support of the People's Progress Party, and the League for National Advancement.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea-HISTORY.html (1384 words)

	Paias Wingti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paias Wingti (born 1951) is a Papua New Guinean political figure.
		Wingti is a member of the Jika Tribe of the Western Highlands province.
		Wingti continues to represent the Western Highlands in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, although he now represents the provincial-level electorate as opposed to the Hagen constituency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paias_Wingti (299 words)

	Wingti, Paias - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Wingti, Paias
		Wingti returned as prime minister following the June 1992 general election, heading a three-party coalition government, which included the centre-right People's Democratic Movement party (PDM) and the centre-left Pangu Pati (PP; Papua New Guinea Party).
		He instituted a drive against political corruption and crime, which had both increased during recent years, but was replaced as prime minister in August 1994 by Julius Chan.
		This followed a Supreme Court ruling that a snap re-election in June 1993, contrived by Wingti to prolong the government's period of immunity from a vote of no confidence, was invalid.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Wingti,+Paias (301 words)

	History of Papua New Guinea
		In November 1985, the Somare government lost a vote of no confidence, and the parliamentary majority elected Paias Wingti[?], at the head of a five-party coalition, as prime minister.
		A coalition, headed by Wingti, was victorious in very close elections in July 1987.
		In July 1988, a no-confidence vote toppled Wingti and brought to power Rabbie Namaliu[?], who a few weeks earlier had replaced Somare as leader of the Pangu Party[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/History_of_Papua_New_Guinea.html (891 words)

	new issue - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although 66 amendments had been enacted since 1911, a fundamental revamping was felt desirable because of the complexity of modern society, the expanding...
		A former prime minister, Paias Wingti, regained power in Papua New Guinea in mid-July following elections the previous month in which 59 of the 109 members of Parliament lost their seats.
		Wingti, leader of the People's Democratic Movement, defeated the incumbent, Rabbie Namaliu, head of the Pangu...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /new+issue.html (165 words)

	Papua New Guinea - MSN Encarta
		His government fell in 1985 and was replaced by a coalition government led by Paias Wingti.
		Rabbie Namaliu became prime minister in 1988, but Wingti returned to power in 1992.
		In August 1994, however, the Supreme Court declared Wingti’s re-election invalid and in the ensuing parliamentary vote Julius Chan was elected as the new prime minister.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555535_5/Papua_New_Guinea.html (805 words)

	Haiveta, Leader of the Opposition v Paias Wingti, Prime Minister; Attorney-General; and National Parliament of PNG ...
		The sole nomination was that of Mr Wingti, and a vote confirmed his re-election as Prime Minister.
		That election and the re-appointment of Mr Wingti to the office of Prime Minister by the Head of State are now challenged by the Leader of the Opposition, who makes application to this Court under originating summons process.
		As you are aware, the Right Honourable Paias Wingti in accordance with the provisions of s 146(1) of the Constitution resigned yesterday as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.
	www.worldlii.org /pg/cases/PNGLR/1994/160.html (11560 words)

	Personal Profiles, May-June 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On July 17, 1992, Paias Wingti became prime minister of Papua New Guinea for the third time.
		Wingti formed his own political party, the People's Democratic Movement, and became its leader and, subsequently, leader of the opposition.
		Paias Wingti was born on February 2, 1951, in the village of Moika, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
	ppm.goinfo.com /Action/PPMMain.nsf/7a5103f95a842ceb862566510064dc20/56f352b74a2bb32a862564df0054af99?OpenDocument (1220 words)

	The World Guide
		Elections in June 1992 saw both Namaliu and opposition leader Paias Wingti claim victory, but it was Wingti who won power on the casting vote of the Speaker when parliament met on 17 July, his government depending on a five-party coalition led by the People?s Democratic Movement (PDM).
		Wingti staged a risky manoeuvre in which he resigned as prime minister and was re-elected in parliament four minutes later.
		Wingti believed this would gain his government the remaining 18 months of its five-year term free from no-confidence votes.
	sbs.com.au /theworldnews/Worldguide/index.php3?country=156&header=4 (4116 words)

	Pacific Magazine: Can Sir Mekere Survive The Upcoming PNG Elections?
		The potential political embarrassment was compounded by the fact that former PDM leader, Paias Wingti, was prime minister in 1994.
		Part of this is blamed on the general widespread public perception that PDM founder and former prime minister Wingti is the "power behind the throne" of the Morauta government.
		Wingti sometimes resides in Cairns in Australia, and is said to be one of the richest men in the South Pacific.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /issue/2002/04/01/can-sir-mekere-survive-the-upcoming-png-elections (1030 words)

	PNG Politics Forum
		Paias Wingti is independent, but Paias and Mekere are best buddies.
		Paias has more influence in PNG Politics, but failed to master enough numbers to oust Somare during the failed vote of no confidence last year.
		However, if Wingti wants to become the next PM, he can either penetrate thu PNC, coz Peter Oneil is Paias's boy, or thu PNG Party, because, despite dumping Wingti, Mekere still owned Paias credits for his superior roles/influences which led to the formation of Mekere Government in 1999.
	network54.com /Forum/159830/thread/1134878667/1142580347/PNG+...+leader (1869 words)

	A short history of Papua New Guinea
		Parliament replaces him in 1985 with Paias Wingti of the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), at the head of a five-party coalition.
		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.
		Wingti regains the premiership in 1992, but is succeeded in 1994 by Chan.
	www.electionworld.org /history/papua.htm (718 words)

	[MELANESIA-L] NATL: Parties Ill-Def
		Wingti; the solid achiever and master of compromise, Sir Rabbie
		Paias Wingti, a one-time Pangu heir-apparent, along with Sir Anthony
		Prime Ministership in a coalition with the victorious Paias Wingti and
	www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/1997/05/02/0122.html (1229 words)

	Haiveta, Leader of the Opposition v Paias Wingti, Prime Minister; and Attorney-General; and National Parliament [1994] ...
		A vote was taken, and the Speaker confirmed Paias Wingti re-elected as Prime Minister, by a vote of 59 in favour and nil against.
		4. That the question of the election of the new Prime Minister was raised, and Mr Paias Wingti was re-elected as the new Prime Minister on 24 September 1993.
		The position is that Mr Paias Wingti holds office as Acting Prime Minister until the election of Prime Minister is held on the next sitting day.
	www.worldlii.org /pg/cases/PNGLR/1994/197.html (12697 words)

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		In April 1987 the Prime Minister, Paias Wingti, appointed an Australian lawyer, Tos Barnett, to conduct a Commission of Inquiry into what Barnett himself later described as the 'heavy odour of corruption, fraud and scandal arising from the timber industry'.
		But Wingti had been dislodged from office within a year of Barnett's appointment, and his replacement, Rabbie Namaliu, was rather less enthusiastic, primarily because his deputy and coalition partner, Ted Diro, was the commissioner's most prominent target.
		Having recovered the premiership in the wake of this election, Paias Wingti awarded the Forests Ministry to another wealthy white citizen, Tim Neville, who did rather better than his predecessor at showing how wealth acquired outside of the rainforest might provide some immunity from the temptations of this particular office.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /lien/PNG/paper.html (3410 words)

	Paias Wingti political maneuvering-Sabina's corner-The Independent 10March 2000 -- Papua New Guinea "No glitches" Forum
		This forum established after an incident of witch hunts and tracing attempts was observed to occur against students who spoke out on a topic others wanted silenced, on another forum.
		It was then fairly common knowledge that Wingti was leaning more towards the Auali faction because he considered Auali a respectable person to deal with whereas those who had openly associated with Skate were considered suspect.
		Ted was outwardly vulnerable firstly because he held the Agricultural Ministry that Zeming wanted and secondly Ted did not have the numbers to justify such a ministry nor to be a threat to the government if he were to go and thus he was swiftly axed by Zeming.
	www.voy.com /2449/2/148.html (1542 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Bouganvilleans in Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Paias Wingti, the new Prime Minister, who won office by a one-vote margin in the parliamentary election, announced the creation of a special ministry responsible for the troubled Bougainville Island.
		Wingti told reporters: "In view of the unresolved Bougainville crisis, it is the intention of my government to ensure that one minister is responsible for the entire trouble -- to minimize conflicting approaches (between departments) -- and that the government is fully briefed" (Reuters, 07/27/92).
		Prime Minister Wingti stated that his government would also pay compensation to the victims' families.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=91001 (4414 words)

	Papua New Guinea - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In April 1988 Prime Minister Paias Wingti suspended the Parliament in an attempt to halt a pending vote of no confidence, however, in July he was finally deposed.
		In June 1992 Prime Minister Namaliu was defeated in general elections and was succeeded on July 17, 1992 by former Prime Minister Wingti upon the casting vote of the speaker of Parliament.
		On Sept. 23, 1993 Prime Minister Wingti resigned and was reelected almost immediately thereby outmaneuvering his opposition and minimizing the possibility of a vote of no confidence.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/papuanew.htm (1162 words)

	Building blocks page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mr Wingti contested and won the Mt Hagen seat, currently held by Environment and Conservation Minister William Duma, in 1977.
		Mr Wingti was prime minister then and he was facing a very serious threat from Sir Rabbie Namaliu’s Opposition Pangu Pati.
		Mr Wingti lost the prime minister’s post and it is something that he has never forgotten.
	www.thenational.com.pg /102306/column4.htm (979 words)

	PNG Board
		Three-times prime minister, Sir Michael was twice removed in Votes of No Confidence, first by Julius Chan then by Paias Wingti.
		Paias Wingti: Prime Minister — 1992-1994 and 1985-1988
		He stood as an independent in 1997 and took over Paias Wingti's Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) only after Wingti lost.
	network54.com /Forum/186328/thread/1126471274/...+Since+1975-2005 (1514 words)

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		In what year was Paias Wingti conferred with the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)?
		Paias Wingti was born on the 2nd of February 1951.
		Paias Wingti resigned and had himself re-elected so that he would get another 18 months before the parliament could take a vote of no confidence against him.
	www.michie.net /png_faqs/05120453_2.shtml (1112 words)

	Green Left - Bougainville calls on Wingti to declare cease-fire
		Bishop Zale, who was recently at the centre of controversy over the decision of the Solomon Islands government to issue him a passport, called on the new prime minister of Papua New Guinea, Paias Wingti, to order a cease-fire as the first step towards a resumption of talks.
		Miriori added that the interim government representatives were prepared to meet with the new defence minister, Paul Tohian, whose appointment by Wingti on July 27 caused alarm both on Bougainville and among many Papua New Guineans.
		Wingti also confirmed John Kaputin in his position as foreign minister.
	www.greenleft.org.au /1992/65/2787 (730 words)

	Green Left - Wingti attempts to mislead NZ
		“Paias Wingti claimed that there was no blockade of Bougainville, that PNG troops on the island were not engaged in military activity and that local administrations [supporting the PNG government] covered the whole island”, reports Alliance associate defence spokesperson Keith Locke.
		On the eve of Wingti's visit, the Alliance called for the lifting of the PNG blockade of Bougainville, “which is causing such suffering to the people of the island”.
		Later in the week, New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger suggested to Wingti that a parliamentary delegation be allowed to visit Bougainville.
	www.greenleft.org.au /1994/132/10285 (394 words)

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