What is Paulias Matane?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] [[Awards system of Papua New Guinea|Grand Chief]] |name = Sir Paulias Matane |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCL|GCMG|OBE|KStJ}} |image = Sir Paulias Matane.jpg |caption = Matane at the Ramoaaina NT Dedication at Molot Village, Duke of York Island |order = 8th |office = Governor-General of Papua New Guinea |monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] |primeminister = [[Michael Somare]] |term_start = 29 June 2004 |term_end = 13 December 2010 |predecessor = [[Jeffrey Nape]] <small>(Acting)</small> |successor = [[Jeffrey Nape]] <small>(Acting)</small> |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|9|21}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SC4aAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Matane,+Sir+Paulias+Nguna%22+AND+%221931%22|title=International Who's Who 2000|year=1935|isbn=9781857430509|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> |birth_place = [[East New Britain Province|East New Britain]], [[Papua New Guinea]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|12|12|1931|9|21}} |death_place = |spouse = Kaludia Matane }} '''Sir Paulias Nguna Matane''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCL|GCMG|OBE|KStJ}}, (21 September 1931 – 12 December 2021)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4XNtwLEbl7wC&q=Paulias+Nguna+Matane+21+sep+1931 Profile of Paulias Nguna Matane]</ref> was the eighth [[Governor-General]] of [[Papua New Guinea]] from 29 June 2004 to 13 December 2010. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Matane, Paulias}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Governors-General of Papua New Guinea]] {{bio-stub}}