Noah Kool

Noah Kool Yalba (born 10 October 1962) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been the Governor of Chimbu Province since 2012, as a member of the governing People's National Congress.[2][3]

Noah Kool Yalba
Personal information
BornPapua New Guinea
Playing information
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990 Papua New Guinea 1
Source: [1]

Kool was a school teacher and member of the Papua New Guinea rugby league team prior to entering politics.[4][5] He played in one match for Papua New Guinea, playing against the Great Britain Lions during their 1990 tour.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Chimbu governorship at a March 2004 by-election (for the People's Labour Party) and the 2007 election (for the United Party).[6][7] He won the seat on his third attempt as an independent at the 2012 election, and joined the governing People's National Congress after the election.[8][9]

In October 2012, he set up a permanent office for the province in Port Moresby to minimise the expense of trips to the capital by provincial public servants.[10] In February 2013, he was credited with the opening of the Chimbu Teachers College, the first tertiary institution in the province, as a means of developing human resources to support economic growth in what Kool described as a province "geographically rugged and unsuitable for any major economic development.[11] In May 2015, he called for tougher cannabis trafficking laws.[12] In late 2015, he repeatedly called for greater aid for the province in response to a devastating drought which had dried up water supplies and destroyed crops, declaring that it had become an "emergency situation".[13][14] In May 2016, Kool announced that he had secured funding for the Simbu Unitech Satellite Campus, a Kundiawa campus of the Lae-based Papua New Guinea University of Technology.[15]

References
  1. Noah Kool rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. "Hon. Noah Kool, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. "Nominations By Electorate" (PDF). PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. "Campaigning yet to pick up". PNG Post Courier. 24 May 2012.
  5. "Mori takes early lead in Chuave". PNG Post-Courier. 19 July 2012.
  6. "Writs for three by-elections issued, Trawen warns of Roll problems". PNG Post Courier. 26 March 2004.
  7. "Catholic priest wins Chimbu Regional". PNG Post-Courier. 31 July 2007.
  8. "Peace made as O'Neill holds PNG". The Australian. 3 August 2012.
  9. "Soso's win is historic". PNG Post Courier. 10 August 2012.
  10. "Simbu office in POM". PNG Post Courier. 9 October 2012.
  11. "Chimbu's first teachers college enrols 200". PNG Post Courier. 21 February 2013.
  12. "Kool wants tougher laws on drug trafficking". PNG Post-Courier. 29 May 2015.
  13. "Drought situation in PNG's Chimbu Province 'emergency'". Radio New Zealand News International. 11 September 2015.
  14. "The governor of Papua New Guinea's Chimbu province says recent rains have don". Radio New Zealand News International. 17 November 2015.
  15. "Unitech to open campus in Chimbu". PNG Post Courier. 17 May 2016.
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Preceded by
John Garia		 Member for Chimbu Provincial
2012–present		 Incumbent
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