Michael Marum (born 8 October 1973) is a Papua New Guinean

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coach and politician who was the first head coach of the

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-based

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in the

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and the Papua New Guinea national team. During his playing career, Marum represented Papua New Guinea at the 2000 World Cup. He is the nephew of Skerry Palanga, who coached Papua New Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s.

Playing career

Marum played for the Port Moresby Vipers and then went on to captain, the Agmark Rabaul Guria's and played four tests for

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, including one at the 2000 World Cup.

Coaching career

Some of Marum's earliest coaching roles were as an assistant for the PNG national side at the 2008 World Cup and

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. His first head coach role was with the Agmark Gurias in the PNG domestic competition in 2012. Marum has also served as the competition director to the local Agmark nines tournament. He coached

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side at the

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. In 2016 Marum was appointed head coach of the 13-aside

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after

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left to coach Australia. He is PNG's 12th National Coach and 4th former PNG Kumuls player after John Wagambie,

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to become coach of the Kumuls.

Political career

At the

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, Marum was elected governor and MP for the province of

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References

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