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Sir and Paulias
On 30 October 2005, Qarase was awarded the Star of Melanesia by Papua New Guinea's Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, Sir Paulias Matane.
Sir Paulias Nguna Matane GCL, GCMG, OBE, KStJ ( born 21 September 1931 ), formerly a career civil servant, was the eighth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 29 June 2004 to 13 December 2010.
A longstanding person of celebrated ( albeit perhaps largely self-promoted ) prominence — his memoir My Childhood in New Guinea had been on the school curriculum from the 1970s and he for many years wrote a column in the Malaysian-owned newspaper The National — Sir Paulias was elected by Parliament on 27 May 2004, receiving 50 votes, while his opponent, Sir Pato Kakeraya received 46 votes.
Specifically, The National reported that there was " conflicting advice from the speaker and the prime minister " regarding the proper procedure for the appointment, and that the government had Matane reappointed by " using section 87 ( 5 ) of the Constitution, arguing that the absolute majority secured for Sir Paulias meant that the exhaustive secret ballot vote was not required ".
He thus became Sir James Ah Koy, effective from 19 June 2006, a spokesman for Papua New Guinea's Governor-General, Sir Paulias Matane, announced on the 17th.

Sir and Governor-General
Government of Barbados consists of: The Monarch, HM Queen Elizabeth II ( and her representative the Governor-General, HE Sir Elliott Belgrave ); The Prime Minister, The Hon.
Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).
They are legislative and executive powers and functions conferred on the Governor-General, not by Royal authority, but by statutory authority ," a view held also by Andrew Inglis Clark, who assisted Sir Samuel Griffith with drafts of the constitution and later became Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Sir David Smith stated in 1988 that " the Governor-General is in no sense a delegate of the Queen.
The Queen chose not to intervene during the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, in which Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam, on the basis that it was a matter " clearly placed within the jurisdiction of the Governor-General ".
Sir John Robert Kerr was at the time Governor-General of Australia.
On this occasion the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam when the Senate withheld Supply to the government, even though Whitlam retained the confidence of the House of Representatives.
Isaac Isaacs | Sir Isaac Isaacs, the first Australian-born Governor-General, 1931 – 1936
Sir Charles FitzRoy ( Governor of New South Wales from 1846 – 1855 ) and Sir William Denison ( Governor of New South Wales from 1855 – 1861 ) also carried the additional title of Governor-General because their jurisdiction extended to other colonies in Australia.
Although he had ceased acting as a Governor-General, Sir William Denison retained the title until his retirement.
that may give a head of state or their representative additional powers in unexpected circumstances ( such as the dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam by Governor-General Sir John Kerr.
Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr appointed Malcolm Fraser as caretaker prime minister after dismissing Gough Whitlam.
The last Governor, Sir John Shaw Rennie served as the first Governor-General until 27 August 1968.
Sir Seewoosagur subsequently became Governor-General.
The last Governor-General, Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, became President under a transitional arrangement, before stepping down three months later in favour of Cassam Uteem, a former government minister.
After several months of deadlock, during which the government secretly explored methods of obtaining supply funding outside the Parliament, Governor-General Sir John Kerr intervened and revoked Whitlam's commission on 11 November 1975.
, the Governor-General is Sir Jerry Mateparae.
The Commander-in-Chief of the NZDF is Sir Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General of New Zealand who exercises his power on the advice of the Minister of Defence, Jonathan Coleman, under the Defence Act 1990.
* 1975 – Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
* 1919 – Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and Governor-General
The category of Knight of the order had been created only on 24 May, and the Chancellor and Principal Knight of the Order, the Governor-General Sir John Kerr, became the first appointee, ex officio.
He was granted a state funeral on 14 September, which was attended by over 1, 000 mourners including Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Premier Neville Wran, Mervyn Wood, Justice Lionel Murphy and former NSW Labor Premier and former Governor-General Sir William McKell.

Sir and Papua
Prime Minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu ordered the Papua New Guinea Defence Force ( PNGDF ) to put down the rebellion, and the conflict escalated into a civil war.
Sir Julius Chan GCL GCMG KBE ( 陳仲民, born 29 August 1939 ) was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997.
Amidst the 2011 – 2012 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis, the office was disputed between Peter O ’ Neill of the People's National Congress Party and Sir Michael Somare ; the latter supported O ' Neill as Prime Minister on 3 August 2012, thus the constitutional crisis came to an end.
The current Governor-General of Papua New Guinea is Sir Michael Ogio.
* August 5-Parliament elects Sir Michael Somare as prime minister of Papua New Guinea.
* March 22-Former governor-general of Papua New Guinea, Sir Kingsford Dibela.
Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu, GCL, CSM, KCMG ( born 3 April 1947 ) is a Papua New Guinea politician.
Sir William Jack Skate KCMG ( 26 September 1953 – 3 January 2006 ) was a Papua New Guinea politician and statesman.
The Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Jerry Singirok – who reversed his support for the operation – ordered the detaining of all the mercenaries on their arrival, and forced the Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan to resign with Papua New Guinea coming close to a military coup.
A report on the SBS Dateline program, broadcast on 26 June 2011, states that Sir Michael Somare, at the time Papua New Guinea's Opposition Leader, had signed an affidavit in 2001 specifying that the PNG government was acting under instruction from mining giant Rio Tinto.
It brought down the government of Sir Julius Chan, and took Papua New Guinea to the verge of military revolt.
Sir Gerard was appointed a QC in Queensland in 1965 and subsequently in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will lobby the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare to stop the proposed move.
Sir John Kaputin ( born 11 July 1941 ) was the foreign minister of Papua New Guinea from 1992 until 1994 and from December 1999 until 2000.
In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2006, Ah Koy was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( KBE ), on the nomination of the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare.
Sir Mekere Morauta, KCMG ( born 12 June 1946 ) is a Papua New Guinean political figure.

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