Ignatius Kilage
Sir Ignatius Kilage GCMG (12 July 1941 – 31 December 1989) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the fourth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from March to December 1989, when he died suddenly in office. Prior to the vice regal post, Kilage was chief ombudsman of Papua New Guinea and author of the book My Mother Calls Me Yaltep.
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Ignatius Kilage
- Name
- Ignatius Kilage
- Born
- 12 June 1941
- Died
- 31 December 1989
- Nationality
- Papua New Guinea
- Occupation
- politician · writer · ombudsman
- Honours
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Sir Ignatius Kilage GCMG (12 July 1941 – 31 December 1989) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the fourth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from March to December 1989, when he died suddenly in office. Prior to the vice regal post, Kilage was chief ombudsman of Papua New Guinea and author of the book My Mother Calls Me Yaltep.
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• Honorific Prefix — Sir • Name — Ignatius Kilage • Honorific Suffix — GCMG • Order — 4th • Office — Governor-General of Papua New Guinea • Term Start — 1 March 1989 • Term End — 31 December 1989 • Monarch — Elizabeth II • Prime Minister — Rabbie Namaliu • Predecessor — Kingsford Dibela • Successor — Vincent Eri • Born — 12 June 1941 • Died — 31 December 1989
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Ignatius Kilage is recorded as having received Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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1941
Ignatius Kilage born at Papua New Guinea.
1989
Ignatius Kilage died at Port Moresby.
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Papua New Guinea.
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- 1.University of Pittsburgh. Ethnology. 110. 1990.
- 2.Kilage, Ignatius. My mother calls me Yaltep. Oxford University Press. 1980. 0195546296.
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