Pila Niningi

The Honourable
Pila Niningi
CMG MP
Minister for Inter-Government Relations
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 June 2019
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
In office
9 August 2017 – 31 May 2019
Prime MinisterPeter O'Neill
Succeeded byPila Niningi
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Incumbent
Assumed office
2017
ConstituencyImbonggu Open
Minister for Public Services
In office
21 October 1998 – 28 October 1998
Prime MinisterBill Skate
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
In office
1997 – 28 October 1998
Preceded byPeter Peipul
Succeeded byPeter Peipul
ConstituencyImbonggu Open
Personal details
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Political partyPangu Pati
Other political
affiliations		Independent
Alma materUniversity of Papua New Guinea

Pila Kole Niningi is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, and represented the seat of Imbonggu Open from 1997 to 1998 and was re-elected to the seat in 2017.

Early life

Niningi graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea with a Bachelor of Laws.[1]

Political career

He was first elected to the National Parliament in the 1997 general election. He was declared the winner of the seat on 14 August 1998 following a recount which was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns. He was appointed as Minister for Public Services in October 1998 under Bill Skate, but was disqualified from Parliament by a Supreme Court decision on 28 October 1998.[1]

He was later re-elected to the National Parliament in the 2017 general election as an Independent. He was appointed as Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology in the O'Neill-Abel Cabinet. He was then appointed as Minister for Inter-Government Relations on 7 June 2019 as part of the First Marape Cabinet.[1]

Honours

Niningi was appointed as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 New Year Honours for his political service and for his service to the legal profession in Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hon. Pila Kole Niningi, MP - Tenth Parliament of Papua New Guinea". www.parliament.gov.pg. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. ^ "No. 64611". The London Gazette (5th supplement). 31 December 2024. p. N57.
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