Papua New Guinea Elects James Marape as Prime Minister
May 29 2019 - 10:14PM
Dow Jones News
By Rhiannon Hoyle
SYDNEY--Papua New Guinea has elected influential lawmaker James
Marape to succeed Peter O'Neill as prime minister.
Mr. O'Neill, who led the resource-rich but tumultuous Pacific
nation for seven years, said Sunday that he was stepping down
following weeks of political turmoil and government defections over
his handling of various budget and health crises.
Mr. Marape was among those who defected to political opponents
over a contentious multibillion-dollar gas project signed in April
with France's Total SA (FP.FR) and America's Exxon Mobil Corp.
(XOM). He returned to the ruling coalition after Mr. O'Neill's
resignation.
Write to Rhiannon Hoyle at rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 29, 2019 21:59 ET (01:59 GMT)
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