Davis Madava Steven is a
Papua New Guinea
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politician. He is a Member of the Papua New Guinea
National Parliament
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, representing the seat of
Esa'ala Open since 2012. Steven served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2019 to 2020 due to a cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Marape.
Early life
Steven completed his secondary education at Wesley High School and
Sogeri National High School. In 1990, he earned a bachelor's degree in Law from the
University of Papua New Guinea
The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...
, and was admitted to the Bar at the Legal Training Institute in 1991. Prior to his election, he was a private practitioner with Stevens Lawyers.
Political career
He was elected to the 9th National Parliament for the Esa'ala Open seat in the
2012 general elections, representing the
People's Party. He was then appointed as Minister for Civil Aviation in the
O'Neill-Dion cabinet. He was re-elected in the
2017 general elections, as a member of
People's National Congress. He was appointed
Minister of Justice
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and Attorney-General in the
O'Neill-Abel Cabinet following the formation of Government in August 2017.
On 18 April 2019, he resigned as Minister for Justice and Attorney-General, and left People's National Congress.
On 7 June 2019, he was appointed and sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea in the
First Marape Cabinet, serving until 2020.
References
Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Government ministers of Papua New Guinea
University of Papua New Guinea alumni
People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) politicians
Justice ministers of Papua New Guinea
Deputy prime ministers of Papua New Guinea
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