Patrick Pruaitch, CMG is a Papua New Guinea politician who represented the Aitape-Lumi constituency in the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2022.
20 Facts About Patrick Pruaitch
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Patrick Pruaitch was educated at St Vincent de Paul Primary School, St Ignatius High School, and Sogeri National High School.
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Patrick Pruaitch received a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea.
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Patrick Pruaitch was employed by SP Holdings for 10 years, and then moved to Shell in 1998 until his resignation to run in the 2002 elections.
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Patrick Pruaitch was first elected to the national parliament in the 2002 elections as an independent MP.
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Patrick Pruaitch joined the National Alliance Party, which was then-Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare's party.
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Patrick Pruaitch regularly acted in important capacities but his most important posts were at the Finance and Treasury portfolios.
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Patrick Pruaitch was appointed Minister for Forestry on 13 August 2002.
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Patrick Pruaitch combined this post with Forestry for three months, until August 2007.
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Patrick Pruaitch was again elected as a Member of Parliament in 2012 despite the accusations of misuse of office, and was appointed Minister of Forestry and Climate Change by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill after the elections.
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In early April 2017, Patrick Pruaitch publicly criticised his own government's management of the economy at a party meeting of the National Alliance Party.
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Patrick Pruaitch was then formally still in the Cabinet as Treasurer.
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Patrick Pruaitch stressed the rapid growth of the national debt and the fall of government revenue.
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Patrick Pruaitch doubted Peter O'Neill's willingness to curb public spending at a time when public debt was increasing.
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Patrick Pruaitch was dismissed as treasurer on 12 May 2017, but O'Neill offered him to remain a member of the government as a minister without a portfolio.
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Patrick Pruaitch had been declared as alternate MP before on 7 May 2019.
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Patrick Pruaitch thus became the leader of that coalition, which at that point still was far short of the numbers needed to succeed.
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In July 2020, a leadership tribunal against Patrick Pruaitch revived accusations of misconduct dating from two decades prior.
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Patrick Pruaitch was selected as the alternate PM in a contest with Sam Basil: 27 votes against 24, with 4 abstentions.
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Patrick Pruaitch rejoined those loyal members, along with the other MPs who had supported the vote of no confidence.