PNG parliament bids farewell to father of the nation AFP © Andrew Kutan Somare, who died of pancreatic cancer late last month aged 84, led Papua New Guinea at independence from Australia in 1975
Papua New Guinea s first prime minister Sir Michael Somare s coffin laid in state at a special sitting of parliament Thursday ahead of a series of funeral services for the beloved father of the nation .
Crowds lined Independence Boulevard in the capital Port Moresby, throwing flowers onto the passing motorcade carrying the body of the Grand Chief as it approached parliament.
Somare, who died of pancreatic cancer late last month aged 84, led Papua New Guinea at independence from Australia in 1975 and was prime minister for a total of 17 years, during three separate terms.
Papua New Guinea parliament bids farewell to father of the nation
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