Pila Niningi
The Honourable Pila Niningi MP | |
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Minister for Inter-Government Relations | |
Assumed office 7 June 2019 | |
Prime Minister | James Marape |
Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology | |
In office 9 August 2017 – 31 May 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Peter O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Pila Niningi |
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Constituency | Imbonggu Open |
Minister for Public Services | |
In office 21 October 1998 – 28 October 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Bill Skate |
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea | |
In office 1997 – 28 October 1998 | |
Preceded by | Peter Peipul |
Succeeded by | Peter Peipul |
Constituency | Imbonggu Open |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
Political party | Pangu Pati |
Other political affiliations | Independent |
Alma mater | University of Papua New Guinea |
Pila Kole Ninigi is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, and represented the seat of Imbonggu Open from 1997 to 1998 and was re-elected to the seat in 2017.
Early life
[edit]Niningi graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea with a Bachelor of Laws.[1]
Political career
[edit]He was first elected to the National Parliament in the 1997 general election. He was declared the winner of the seat on 14 August 1998 following a recount which was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns. He was appointed as Minister for Public Services in October 1998 under Bill Skate, but was disqualified from Parliament by a Supreme Court decision on 28 October 1998.[1]
He was later re-elected to the National Parliament in the 2017 general election as an Independent. He was appointed as Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology in the O'Neill-Abel Cabinet. He was then appointed as Minister for Inter-Government Relations on 7 June 2019 as part of the First Marape Cabinet.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hon. Pila Kole Niningi, MP - Tenth Parliament of Papua New Guinea". www.parliament.gov.pg. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
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