Paias Wingti
prime minister of Papua New Guinea
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history of Papua New Guinea
- In Papua New Guinea: Postcolonial politics
…1985 no-confidence vote brought by Paias Wingti, founder and leader of the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) and Somare’s former deputy prime minister. Wingti’s government survived some major scandals to retain power in the 1987 elections but was itself defeated in a vote of no confidence in June 1988. The new…
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