Paulias Matane
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The Right Honourable Grand Chief Sir Paulias Matane GCL GCMG OBE KStJ |
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Matane at the Ramoaaina NT Dedication at Molot Village, Duke of York Island
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| 8th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea | |
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In office 29 June 2004 – 13 December 2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Michael Somare |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Nape (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Nape (Acting) |
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12 September 1931 East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Spouse(s) | Kaludia Matane |
| Religion | United Church |
Sir Paulias Nguna Matane GCL GCMG OBE KStJ, (born 21 September 1931) was the eighth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, serving from 29 June 2004 to 13 December 2010. His memoir My Childhood in New Guinea has been on the school curriculum since the 1970s, and for many years he wrote a column in the newspaper The National.
Matane is a Tolai, from East New Britain Province, a native speaker of Kuanua and a staunch United Churchman. He has written 44 books which deliberately use extremely simple English, focusing in part on his own overseas travels, including three on the State of Israel. His writing is intended to persuade Papua New Guineans that books are a useful source of information and that they should not regard them as something only for foreigners.
For many years Matane wrote a column in the Malaysian Chinese-owned newspaper The National, containing advice to the younger generation. He also founded the United News Agency of Melanesia. He, together with Grand Chief the Right Honourable Michael Somare, makes a point of wearing a lap-lap (skirt) rather than trousers.
Matane served as the first Papua New Guinean Ambassador to the United States following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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