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schema:articleBody	Papua New Guinea's first prime minister and "father of the nation," Sir Michael Somare, died on Friday aged 84 after what his family described as a brief battle with cancer. Known across the country simply as "The Chief," Somare led Papua New Guinea at independence in 1975 and was prime minister for a total of 17 years, durning three separate terms. "Sir Michael was only diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early February" and was admitted to hospital a week ago, his daughter Betha Somare said in a statement. For decades Somare was the dominant political figure in the mountainous island nation and his death is expected to unleash an emotional outpouring. Somare only stepped back from politics in 2017, after 49 years as a member of parliament. His passing represents the end of an era for the staggeringly diverse nation -- with more than 800 languages and a myriad of tribal groups -- which is still struggling with some of the highest levels of poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. "He's been a major figure, he's an iconic figure in Papua New Guinean politics," Sinclair Dinnen, a Pacific expert from the Australian National University in Canberra told AFP. "He has a status that nobody else has. He is seen as the father of independence. Some would attribute his influence to having held this very difficult country together over the past independence period." Bright, educated and articulate, Somare was marked from the beginning of his political career as someone to watch, emerging as a leader of a new generation which would take power after the country won independence. Born to a policeman and his wife in Rabaul on April 9, 1936, Somare grew up in a village in East Sepik, where he is expected to laid to rest in the coming days. A talented student, he became a school teacher and later a state radio broadcaster before moving into politics. Mixing with like-minded activists in Port Moresby while studying at Administrative College, Somare helped found the nationalistic Papua New Guinea Union Party (PANGU) in 1967 before winning election to parliament in 1968. bur-arb/ch
schema:headline	Somare, PNG's 'father of the nation' dead at 84
schema:mentions	Pancreatic cancer Papua New Guinea Canberra Agence France-Presse Radio broadcasting Village Poverty Cancer United States Rabaul Pangu Party East Sepik Province Michael Somare Australian National University Port Moresby Pacific War Asia-Pacific
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schema:datePublished	2021-02-25 (xsd:date)
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