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Sani Rambi (born 3 November 1958) 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 ...
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 ...
since from 2007 to 2012, representing the Baiyer-Mul Open electorate. Rambi, a businessman from
Mount Hagen Mount Hagen () is the third largest city in Papua New Guinea, with a population of 46,250. It is the capital of the Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Province and is located in the large fertile Wahgi Valley in central mainlan ...
, defeated
People's Democratic Movement The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded by Paias Wingti in 1985, after his faction left the Pangu Party. Wingti served as prime minister from 1985 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1994. He was later repl ...
MP Kuri Kingal, who had been the member for the seat since 2002. He was appointed Minister for Internal Security after the election by
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Michael Somare Sir Michael Thomas Somare (9 April 1936 – 25 February 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician. Widely called the " father of the nation" (), he was the first Prime Minister after independence. At the time of his death, Somare was also the lo ...
. He was defeated by Koi Trape at the 2012 election.


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1958 births Living people Members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean businesspeople People from the Western Highlands Province Government ministers of Papua New Guinea National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea) politicians {{PapuaNewGuinea-bio-stub