Pangu Pati
The Pangu Pati (), officially Papua na Niugini Yunion Pati (), is a nationalist and developmentalist political party on the centre-left in Papua New Guinea.The party is the oldest political party in Papua New Guinea and has held all levels of government throughout its history. As of 2023, it is the largest party in the National Parliament. History The Pangu Pati was established on 13 June 1967, in order to contest the elections of 1968 (Papua and New Guinea). At the time of its founding, the party stood-out as its ideals were for a political unification of Papua and New Guinea, stronger economic development and to grow the national income. Other parties, such as the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP), were in favour of Australian statehood. Although the party, and its candidates, were not in a formal political union, there were ten candidates of Pangu that were elected to the House of Assembly. The 1972 election, the last under Australian authority, saw Pangu-endorsed candidates win eighteen seats, with a total of pro-Pangu candidates reaching twenty-six. Somare later served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea as the leader of the Pangu Party from 1972 to 1980 and from 1982 to