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{{Infobox political party
| name       = People's Progress Party
| logo       = Logo of the People's Progress Party.png
| colorcode  = {{party color|People's Progress Party}}
| leader     = [[Theodore Zurenuoc]]
| president  = [[Brown Sinamoi]]<ref name=ippcc>{{cite web | url=http://www.pngec.gov.pg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/political-parties-information.pdf | title=REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES | publisher=Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411055235/http://www.pngec.gov.pg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/political-parties-information.pdf | archive-date=11 April 2017 | accessdate=11 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| secretary  = Moses Kar  <ref name=ippcc />
| foundation = {{start date|1969|11|11}}
| country    = Papua New Guinea
| founder    = [[Julius Chan]]
| seats1_title       = [[National Parliament of Papua New Guinea|National Parliament]]
| seats1             = {{Composition bar|1|118|{{party color|People's Progress Party}}}}
}}

The '''People's Progress Party''' is a political party in [[Papua New Guinea]].

It was founded on 11 November 1969 by [[Julius Chan]] and [[Warren Dutton]], forming a caucus of eleven members of the [[House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Papua New Guinea | publisher=University of Queensland Press | author=Woolford, Don | year=2013 | pages=112}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=Australian Political Chronicle: Papua New Guinea | journal=Australian Journal of Politics and History | year=1971 | volume=17 | issue=1}}</ref>

Following independence in 1975, Chan served, while party leader, as [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|Prime Minister]] from 1980 to 1982 and 1994 to 1997. Chan’s second Government was brought down by the [[Sandline Affair]] and the party suffered in the elections that year. Chan and acting Prime Minister [[John Giheno]] lost their seats, and [[Michael Nali]] became the party’s leader in Parliament.

When Chan was not serving as Prime Minister, the party was often a junior partner in a coalition with the [[Pangu Party]]. At the [[2002 Papua New Guinean general election|2002 General Elections]], the party won 8 seats, becoming the third largest party. At the [[2007 Papua New Guinean general election|2007 General Election]] the party lost half of its seats. However, the party’s original leader, Julius Chan, returned to Parliament, and took over the party’s leadership. Chan ran as the opposition candidate for Prime Minister, but received the support of only 21 of the 109 members of Parliament.

The party had 5 members in the 111-seat [[National Parliament of Papua New Guinea]] as of September 2019 and was part of the governing coalition of Prime Minister [[Peter O'Neill]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clarity on MP numbers in PNG political parties|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/318246/clarity-on-mp-numbers-in-png-political-parties|publisher=Radio New Zealand News International|date=17 November 2016}}</ref>

==Current party leaders==

* [[Theodore Zurenuoc]] - Member for [[Finschhafen District|Finschhafen Open]]

==Former party leaders==
*[[Michael Nali]]: Led the party while Chan was out of Parliament. He held various ministerial positions, including Deputy Prime Minister. He switched from his [[Mendi-Munihu District|Mendi Open]] seat to contest the [[Southern Highlands Province|Southern Highlands Provincial]] electorate in the 2007 Elections but did not win.
*Dr [[Allan Marat]]: 2003–2004 - Minister of Trade. Left the party and joined the [[Melanesian Liberal Party]].
*[[Andrew Baing]]: 2004–2006 - Minister of Fisheries. Dismissed from Parliament for wrong conduct.
* Sir [[Julius Chan]] - Member for [[New Ireland Province|New Ireland Provincial]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/ppp2017png/ Facebook Page]

==References==
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{{Papua New Guinean political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties in Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:1969 establishments in Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1969]]
[[Category:People's Progress Party politicians|*Main]]