De Kewanu (born 7 June 1965) 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 a member of the

National Parliament of Papua New Guinea The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the Unicameralism, unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was grante ...

from 2012 to 2017, representing the electorate of Mendi Open, firstly as an independent (2012) then the Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party (2013-2014) and then finally shifted to the People's National Congress (2014–present). He was Vice-Minister for Works and Implementation in the government of

Peter O'Neill Peter Charles Paire O'Neill (born 13 February 1965) is a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2019. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ialibu-Pangia since 2002. He was a fo ...

. Kewanu was an accountant who ran a successful accounting practice in PNG known as HLB Niugini before entering politics. He also had a run for election in 1997 but was unsuccessful. He was elected to the National Parliament as an independent candidate at the 2012 election, defeating

Isaac Joseph Isaac Joseph (born 19 September 1975) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a New Generation Party member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from July 2007 until 2012, representing the electorate of Mendi Open. Joseph was a church ...

. Kewanu was appointed Vice-Minister for Works and Implementation after the election. He supported calls for the relaxation of Australian visa laws for those coming from Papua New Guinea. After a year in office, he was praised for effectiveness in service delivery, having boosted road construction efforts and funding for local schools. In May 2014, he joined the governing People's National Congress. He lost his seat to former Deputy Prime Minister

Michael Nali Michael Nali CBE (born 1961) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was the leader of the People's Progress Party from 2002 to 2007 and was Member of Parliament for the electorate of Mendi Open, in Southern Highlands Province, from 1992 until 2007 ...

at the 2017 election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kewanu, De Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Living people People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) politicians 1965 births