Rabbie Namaliu

Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu
The Right Honourable; Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu; GCL KCMG PC
4th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
	In office; 4 July 1988 – 17 July 1992
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Sir Kingsford Dibela ; Sir Ignatius Kilage ; Sir Vincent Eri ; Sir Wiwa Korowi
Preceded by	Paias Wingti
Succeeded by	Paias Wingti
Personal details
Born	Rabbie Langanai Namaliu; 3 April 1947
Nationality	Papua New Guinean
Political party	Pangu Party
Spouse(s)	Lady Namaliu (Deceased)
Children	6
Alma mater	University of Papua New Guinea, ; University of Victoria

Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu GCL KCMG PC (born 3 April 1947) is a Papua New Guinea politician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea[1] from 4 July 1988 to 17 July 1992 as leader of the Pangu Party.

Biography

An ethnic Tolai, Sir Rabbie comes from East New Britain. He was educated in Papua New Guinea and in Canada, at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. Prior to his political career he was an academic in the field of political science at the University of Papua New Guinea.

Before becoming prime minister, he served as foreign minister for the first time, from 1982 to 1984, by this time beginning his long alliance with Michael Somare, who was prime minister at that time and served as foreign minister while Namaliu was prime minister. He was appointed foreign minister in 2002, as part of the National Alliance Party government of Michael Somare. He served as foreign minister until 12 July 2006 when he became finance minister during a cabinet reshuffle. Sir Rabbie subsequently lost his seat of Kokopo Open at the 2007 Election but has not ruled out a future return to politics. He lost his cabinet post when the new government, again led by Somare, took office in August 2007.

He is a widower and has three sons and three daughters.

As a former prime minister of Papua New Guinea, he is a member of the Imperial Privy Council since 1989 and is styled "The Right Honourable".

References

Rabbie Namaliu, Australian Network, accessed December 2010

Political offices
Preceded by Paias Wingti	Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea 1988–1992	Succeeded by Paias Wingti
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Preceded by Bill Skate	Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 1994–1997	Succeeded by John Pundari

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[1] Rabbie Namaliu, Australian Network, accessed December 2010