Sir Christopher Seseve Haiveta (born 20 September 1959) is a

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

n politician. He was the head of the

Pangu Party The Pangu Pati (Pangu Party), officially Papua na Niugini Yunion Pati (), is a nationalist and developmentalist political party in Papua New Guinea. The party is the oldest political party in Papua New Guinea and has held all levels of government ...

and a member of National Parliament. In 1993 he was named Deputy Prime Minister of

. He was appointed

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from August 1993 to September 1994. Haiveta served as

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

in the government of

Julius Chan Sir Julius Chan (29 August 1939 – 30 January 2025) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He was Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won t ...

from 1994 to 1997. They both resigned in 1997 during the

Sandline Affair The Sandline affair was a political scandal that became one of the defining moments in the history of Papua New Guinea, and particularly Bougainville conflict. It brought down the government of Sir Julius Chan, and brought Papua New Guinea to th ...

. Soon after that, Haiveta briefly became

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but had left that post by the end of 1997. He became governor of Gulf Province for the first time in 1997, lost that post in 1998 and became governor again in 2002. He lost the election July 2007, and left the governorship later that year after the parliamentary elections. He worked for the Prime Minister's department following his election loss in 2007. He also served as the

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Gulf Province Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,472 km2 province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains. In Gulf Province, the Kiko ...

twice. In 2017 he was elected as Governor of Gulf Province for the 3rd time. He was appointed

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III ...

(KCMG) in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "Political and Public Service".

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Ministers for foreign affairs of Papua New Guinea Leaders of the opposition (Papua New Guinea) Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Ministers of finance of Papua New Guinea 1959 births Living people People from Gulf Province Pangu Pati politicians Deputy prime ministers of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George {{PapuaNewGuinea-politician-stub