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Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Papua New Guinea.  (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs138.html)
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) presents a list of the chiefs of state and cabinet members for Papua New Guinea. The list includes the names of those holding such offices as king, prime minister, ambassador to the United States, and state secretary of health.

Country at-a-Glance: Papua New Guinea  (http://www.worldbank.org/pg)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the economic development of regions of the world and the World Bank Groups' advice, initiatives and warnings concerning them. This page is for Papua New Guinea.

Governments on the WWW: Papua New Guinea  (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/pg.html)
This site includes links to such national institutions as the National Parliament, ministries, agencies, overseas Papua New Guinea embassies and consulates, political parties, and general information.

Guide To Law Online: Papua New Guinea  (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/papua.html)
The Guide to Law Online is an annotated compendium of sources accessible through the Internet. Links provide access to primary documents, legal commentary, and general government information about specific jurisdictions and topics.

Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute  (http://www.paclii.org)
The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute is an initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law to promote access to Pacific law. Its web site contains databases for sixteen different countries/territories/departments as well as full text versions of the Journal of South Pacific Law, and numerous treaties and conventions.

Papua New Guinea  (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Papua%5FNew%5FGuinea.htm)
The Papua New Guinea pages of World Statesmen lists the historical leaders of Papua New Guinea. It lists the heads of state and government, has images of the Papua New Guinean flag in different periods of history, includes maps, has the English text of the national anthem, chronology, as well as era names.

Papua New Guinea Elections  (http://www.electionworld.org/papua.htm)
Part of the Electionworld.org web site, this page provides information about elections in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea Government Online  (http://www.pngonline.gov.pg)
The Papua New Guinea government website.

Rory Ewins's Pacific Islands Politics  (http://speedysnail.com/pacific/)
This web site contains links to Rory Erwin's writings on Pacific Islands politics. These include articles about the Fiji Coups, the Bougainville Conflict, the Silver Jubilee of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, and the effect of tradition upon politics.

State, Society and Governance in Melanesia  (http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/index.htm)
Run by the Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies at Australian National University, this project encourages scholarship and dialogue on political science in Melanesia. The project emphasizes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji but also includes Papua/Irian Jaya and Timor in the culturally related region to the west and Pacific Islands countries to the east and north. Its web site contains information about its staff, publications, conferences and seminars, as well as full text documents of papers on politics within the region.

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