
Place of Origin : Hela Province
Religion : Christianity – Seventh Day Adventist (SDA)
Education
Primary Education : Minj Primary School, Jiwaka Province.
Secondary Education : Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School, Eastern
Highlands Province.
Professional
Community Interests : Make Tari-Pori and Papua New Guinea a Safer Place.
Last Occupation : Acting Assistant Secretary of Policy with the Department of Personnel Management to Elections:
Personnel Management (2001-2006).
Parliamentary Services :
2017 : Re-elected to the 10th National Parliament as the Member for Tari-Pori Open.
2007 : Appointed Minister for Finance and Leader of Government Business (2007).
2007 : Appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for Works and Transport on 29/08/2007.
2011 : Appointed to Privileges Committee as Deputy Chair and Member of Parliamentary Referral Committee on Inter- Government Relations on 18/08/2011.
2008-2011 : Appointed Minister for Education on 16/12/2008 – 02/08/2011.
2012 : Appointed Minister for Finance on July 2012.
2019 – Current : Resigned as Minister for Finance and Rural Development on 11 April 2019 – 3rd Term in Parliament; Resigned from the People’s National Congress Party on 20 April 2019. Joined the Pangu Pati and was given the leadership.
Current : Nominated, elected and sworn in as the 8th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea by the National Parliament on 30 May 2019.