Patrick Pruaitch

The Honourable
Patrick Pruaitch
CMG MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
In office
11 August 2019 – 20 December 2020
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Preceded bySoroi Eoe
Succeeded bySoroi Eoe
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
In office
2002–2022
ConstituencyAitape-Lumi Open
Personal details
Born (1964-06-29) 29 June 1964 (age 60)
Sandaun Province
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Political partyNational Alliance Party (2002–2022)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2002)
Alma materUniversity of Papua New Guinea

Patrick Pruaitch, CMG (/ˈpruːaɪtʃ/;[1] born 29 June 1964) 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. He was a Cabinet Minister with few interruptions from 2002–2010 and from 2012–2017. From November 2019–November 2020, he was Minister for Foreign Affairs. From 2017–2019 and 2020-2022 he was Leader of the Opposition. He was twice – in 2019 and 2020 – alternate PM in unsuccessful attempts to unseat the government.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch Still Seated on Government Side". Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Hon. Patrick Pruaitch, CMG, MP – Tenth Parliament of Papua New Guinea". www.parliament.gov.pg. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "PNG Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Resigns from Government". Papua New Guinea Today (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 December 2022.