Michael Somare

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Michael Somare was a Papua New Guinean statesman and independence leader widely regarded as the "father of the nation" for his central role in guiding Papua New Guinea to self-government and serving multiple terms as its prime minister.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
independence leader ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Logohu ⓘ
Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papua New Guinea ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-04-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-02-26 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sepik people ⓘ
linked to: Sepik peoples
familyName Somare ⓘ
founderOf Pangu Party ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
hasChild Arthur Somare ⓘ
hasRoleIn drafting Papua New Guinea’s constitution ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuring Papua New Guinea independence in 1975 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
honorificTitle Grand Chief ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Pangu Party ⓘ
movement Papua New Guinea independence movement ⓘ
nickname father of the nation ⓘ
notableFor leading Papua New Guinea to independence ⓘ
serving as first prime minister of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
officeEnd 1980-03-11 ⓘ
1985-11-21 ⓘ
2011-12-13 ⓘ
officeStart 1975-09-16 ⓘ
1982-08-02 ⓘ
2002-08-05 ⓘ
parliamentaryBody National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rabaul ⓘ
placeOfBurial Wewak ⓘ
placeOfDeath Port Moresby ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Governor of East Sepik Province ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Veronica Somare ⓘ
workedAs radio broadcaster ⓘ
teacher ⓘ

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