The Prime Minister Hon James Marape today announced the official Cabinet of Ministers and their respective Ministries.
Notable inclusions include new departments of Ministry for Oil Palm and Ministry for Coffee while Ministry for Agriculture and Livestock have now been separated into respective ministries.
The Ministry for Police and Ministry of Correctional Service have now been combined into Ministry for Internal Security.
Ministry for Transport and Civil Aviation are now combined into the one Ministry whereas the Ministry for Finance and Implementation is now Ministry for Finance and Implementation and Ministry for Planning is now separate. Also combined as one Ministry is the Ministry for Petroleum and Energy.
1. JAMES MARAPE – PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR PLANNING
2. JOHN ROSSO – DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR LANDS, PHYSICAL PLANNING AN URBANISATION
3. WILLIAM DUMA – MINISTER FOR STATE ENTERPRISES
4. IAN LING STUCKEY – MINISTER FOR TREASURY
5. SOROI EOE – MINISTER FOR PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL-LEVEL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
6. RAINBO PAITA – MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
7. RICHARD MARU – MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT
8. JUSTIN TKATCHENKO – MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
9. DON POLYE – MINISTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND SPORTS
10. SOLAN MIRISIM – MINISTER FOR WORKS & HIGHWAYS
11. PILA NININGI – MINISTER FOR JUSTICE & ATTORNEY GENERAL
12. WALTER SCHNAUBELT – MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND CIVIL AVIATION
13. KERENGA KUA – MINISTER FOR PETROLEUM AND ENERGY
14. JIMMY UGURO – MINISTER FOR EDUCATION
15. JOE SUNGI – MINISTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
16. SALIO WAIPO – MINISTER FOR FOREST
17. HENRY AMULI – MINISTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 1
8. PETER TSIAMALILI, JR – MINISTER FOR INTERNAL SECURITY
19. LINO TOM – MINISTER FOR HEALTH
20. KOBBY BOMOREO – MINISTER FOR HOUSING
21. JASON PETER – MINISTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, RELIGION AND YOUTH
22. TIMOTHY MASIU – MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
23. JELTA WONG – MINISTER FOR FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES
24. WIN DAKI – MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
25. ISI HENRY LEONARD – MINISTER FOR TOURISM, ART AND CULTURE
26. AIYE TAMBUA – MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE
27. SEKIE AGISA – MINISTER FOR LIVESTOCK
28. FRANCIS MANEKE – MINISTER FOR OIL PALM
29. JOE KULI – MINISTER FOR COFFEE
30. BRYAN KRAMER – MINISTER FOR LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION
31. ANO PALA – MINISTER FOR MINING
32. SIMON KILEPA – MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
33. MINISTER FOR BOUGAINVILLE AFFAIRS – Yet to be Named.