Madang Province


Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang.

Districts and LLGs and clans

Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.
DistrictDistrict CapitalLLG Name
Bogia DistrictBogiaAlmami Rural
Bogia DistrictBogiaIabu Rural
Bogia DistrictBogiaYawar Rural
Madang DistrictMadangAmbenob Rural
Madang DistrictMadangMadang Urban
Madang DistrictMadangTransgogol Rural
Middle Ramu DistrictSimbaiArabaka Rural
Middle Ramu DistrictSimbaiJosephstaal Rural
Middle Ramu DistrictSimbaiSimbai Rural
Middle Ramu DistrictSimbaiKovon Rural
Rai Coast DistrictSaidorAstrolabe Bay Rural
Rai Coast DistrictSaidorNaho Rawa Rural
Rai Coast DistrictSaidorNayudo Rural
Rai Coast DistrictSaidorRai Coast
Sumkar DistrictKarkarKarkar Rural
Sumkar DistrictKarkarSumgilbar Rural
Usino Bundi DistrictUsinoBundi Rural
Usino Bundi DistrictUsinoUsino Rural
Usino Bundi DistrictUsinoGama Rural

Education

Tertiary educational institutions in Madang Province include:

Provincial leaders

The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1978 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.

Premiers (1978–1995)

PremierTerm
Bato Bultin1978–1984
Max Moeder1985–1986
Andrew Ariako1986–1993
provincial government suspended1993–1995

Governors (1995–present)

GovernorTerm
Peter Barter1995–1997
Jim Kas1997–2000
Pengau Nengo 2000–2002
Stahl Musa2002
James Yali2002–2007
Arnold Amet2007–2008
Buka Malai 2008–2009
Arnold Amet2009–2011
James Gau2011–2012
Jim Kas2012–2017
Peter Yama2017–2022
Ramsey Pariwa2022–present

Members of the National Parliament

The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate.
ElectorateMember
Madang ProvincialRamsey Pariwa
Bogia OpenRobert Naguri
Madang OpenBryan Jared Kramer
Middle Ramu OpenJonny Alonk
Rai Coast OpenKessy Sawang
Sumkar OpenAlexander Orme
Usino-Bundi OpenJimmy Uguro

Notable people