Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
Ignatius Kilage | |
Order: | 4th |
Office: | Governor-General of Papua New Guinea |
Term Start: | 1 March 1989 |
Term End: | 31 December 1989 |
Primeminister: | Rabbie Namaliu |
Predecessor: | Kingsford Dibela |
Successor: | Vincent Eri |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1941 |
Sir Ignatius Kilage (12 July 1941 - 31 December 1989) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the fourth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from March to December 1989, when he died suddenly in office.[1]
Prior to the vice regal post, Kilage was chief ombudsman of Papua New Guinea and author of the book My Mother Calls Me Yaltep.[2]
After his death, a stadium was named in his honour in 1991.