Pila Niningi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Pila Niningi
Party:Pangu Pati
Otherparty:Independent
Nationality:Papua New Guinean
Alma Mater:University of Papua New Guinea
Office:Minister for Inter-Government Relations
Primeminister:James Marape
Term Start:7 June 2019
Office2:Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
Primeminister2:Peter O'Neill
Successor2:Pila Niningi
Term Start2:9 August 2017
Term End2:31 May 2019
Office3:Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Constituency3:Imbonggu Open
Term Start3:2017
Office4:Minister for Public Services
Primeminister4:Bill Skate
Term Start4:21 October 1998
Term End4:28 October 1998
Office5:Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Predecessor5:Peter Peipul
Constituency5:Imbonggu Open
Term Start5:1997
Successor5:Peter Peipul
Term End5:28 October 1998

Pila Kole Ninigi is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, and represented the seat of Imbonggu Open from 1997 to 1998 and was re-elected to the seat in 2017.

Early life

Niningi graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea with a Bachelor of Laws.[1]

Political career

He was first elected to the National Parliament in the 1997 general election. He was declared the winner of the seat on 14 August 1998 following a recount which was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns. He was appointed as Minister for Public Services in October 1998 under Bill Skate, but was disqualified from Parliament by a Supreme Court decision on 28 October 1998.

He was later re-elected to the National Parliament in the 2017 general election as an Independent. He was appointed as Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology in the O'Neill-Abel Cabinet. He was then appointed as Minister for Inter-Government Relations on 7 June 2019 as part of the First Marape Cabinet.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Pila Kole Niningi, MP - Tenth Parliament of Papua New Guinea. www.parliament.gov.pg. 2019-06-08.