Jelta Wong | |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Party: | United Resources Party (URP) |
Constituency Mp: | Gazelle Open |
Office1: | National Parliament of Papua New Guinea |
Term Start1: | 2017 |
Governor-General1: | Sir Bob Dadae |
Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
Office2: | Minister for Health & HIV/AIDS |
Term Start2: | December 20, 2020 |
Primeminister2: | James Marape |
Office3: | Minister for Civil Aviation |
Term Start3: | October 1, 2020 |
Term End3: | December 19, 2020 |
Office6: | caretaker Minister for State Enterprises |
Term Start6: | November 16, 2020 |
Term End6: | December 19, 2020 |
Office7: | Minister for Health & HIV/AIDS |
Term Start7: | November 8, 2019 |
Term End7: | September 30, 2020 |
Primeminister7: | James Marape |
Office8: | Minister for Police |
Term Start8: | August 2017 |
Term End8: | April 2019 |
Primeminister8: | Peter O'Neill |
Profession: | Occupation Prior to Elections: Business man in Lae (2004-2007) and Kokopo (2007-2017) |
Website: | http://www.parliament.gov.pg/index.php/tenth-parliament/bio/view/gazelle-district |
Jelta Wong is a Papua New Guinean politician.[1] He was first elected to the 10th National Parliament for the Gazelle Open seat in the 2017 General Elections as a United Resource Party candidate.[2] He has been appointed as Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS in two separate terms both under Prime Minister James Marape, after being Minister for Police under Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.[3]