What is Peter Barter?
[[File:Peter Barter 080707-N-4928B-019 0X0B6.jpg|right|200px]] '''Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCL|OBE}} (26 March 1940 – 21 June 2022) was an [[Australian]]-born [[Papua New Guinea]]n businessman and politician. He owned and operated the [[Madang Resort]]. He was Governor of the [[Madang Province]] between 1997 until 2002. He was also an important person in [[Bougainville Province|Bougainville]].<ref>[http://www.bougainville24.com/abg/sir-peter-barter-joins-panguna-planning-process/ Sir Peter Barter joins Panguna planning process] Retrieved 1 July 2016.</ref> He created the [[Melanesia]]n Foundation in 1980. Barter was born in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 2001.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56074/supplement/35 London Gazette]. Retrieved 25 June 2017</ref> Barter died on 21 June 2022 at a hospital in [[Cairns]], Australia from a short-illness, aged 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/sir-peter-barter-passes-on/|title=Sir Peter Barter passes on|accessdate=22 June 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barter, Peter}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:Politicians from Sydney]] [[Category:Papua New Guinean politicians]] {{bio-stub}}