Seventh-day Adventist James Marape was today (May 30) elected Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The appointment comes after weeks of turmoil that rocked the PNG government and eventually led to the resignation of former PM Peter O’Neill.
Mr Marape, the country’s former finance minister, is the Member for the Tari Pori electorate in the Southern Highlands. He is an elder of Korobosea Seventh-day Adventist Church and attended Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School in the Eastern Highlands Province.
“The South Pacific Division congratulates the Honorable James Marape on becoming the eighth Papua New Guinean Prime Minister,” said Pastor Glenn Townend, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.
“We pray that James will continue to receive guidance from God as he leads this significant country. His Seventh-day Adventist values and heritage will hold him in good standing.”
Here, the first statement of President Marape on Facebook: "It is a privilege to be the chief servant of this nation of a thousand tribes.
I don’t promise I will be answer to all of our nation’s problems but I do promise I will give my very best effort to make a difference!
Without God I would not have come thus far from nothing, the least I can do is do my best for God’s children in PNG."
