Maso Karipe | |
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Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea for | |
In office 22 July 2022 – 7 November 2023 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Constituency | Porgera-Paiela |
Personal details | |
Died | 7 November 2023 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
Political party | Pangu Pati |
Occupation | Businessman |
Maso Karipe (died 7 November 2023) was a Papua New Guinean politician of the Pangu Party. [1]
The customary indigenous co-owner of the Porgera Gold Mine, Karipe was one of the community representatives with the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold. [2] In response to violence within his community, he donated five tires to the local police to replace the used tires on their vehicles. [3]
In the 2022 legislative election, Karipe was an independent candidate for the newly created constituency of Porgera-Paiela. Shortly before election day, his personal property was destroyed by armed men from a neighboring community. However, he was still victorious on the platform of restoring security and order to his constituency, and he joined the Pangu Party shortly after entering Parliament. [4] [5]
Speaking in Parliament after his election, Karipe announced that the intense violence made it difficult to reopen the Porgera Gold Mine and obtained funds allocated for maintaining order in Porgera. [6] He used his parliamentary funds to pay the tuition fees of students in his constituency, [7] as well as to contribute to maintaining order. [8]
The Porgera mine was partially nationalized at the end of 2022, with the Papua New Guinean government owning 36%, the indigenous community owning 15%, and Barrick Gold owning 49%. [9]
Suffering from stomach cancer, Maso Karipe frequently travelled to Australia beginning October 2022. [10] He died in Brisbane on 7 November 2023. [11]
Maso Karipe | |
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Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea for | |
In office 22 July 2022 – 7 November 2023 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Constituency | Porgera-Paiela |
Personal details | |
Died | 7 November 2023 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
Political party | Pangu Pati |
Occupation | Businessman |
Maso Karipe (died 7 November 2023) was a Papua New Guinean politician of the Pangu Party. [1]
The customary indigenous co-owner of the Porgera Gold Mine, Karipe was one of the community representatives with the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold. [2] In response to violence within his community, he donated five tires to the local police to replace the used tires on their vehicles. [3]
In the 2022 legislative election, Karipe was an independent candidate for the newly created constituency of Porgera-Paiela. Shortly before election day, his personal property was destroyed by armed men from a neighboring community. However, he was still victorious on the platform of restoring security and order to his constituency, and he joined the Pangu Party shortly after entering Parliament. [4] [5]
Speaking in Parliament after his election, Karipe announced that the intense violence made it difficult to reopen the Porgera Gold Mine and obtained funds allocated for maintaining order in Porgera. [6] He used his parliamentary funds to pay the tuition fees of students in his constituency, [7] as well as to contribute to maintaining order. [8]
The Porgera mine was partially nationalized at the end of 2022, with the Papua New Guinean government owning 36%, the indigenous community owning 15%, and Barrick Gold owning 49%. [9]
Suffering from stomach cancer, Maso Karipe frequently travelled to Australia beginning October 2022. [10] He died in Brisbane on 7 November 2023. [11]