peter yama (born 12 december 1955) is a businessman and papua new guinean politician. he is the current governor for madang province. previously he was member of parliament for usino bundi between 1994–1997 and 2002-2007. in 2003 he succeeded peter o'neill as the minister of labour and industrial relations under prime minister michael somare. prior to this, he was appointed minister for transport and works in 1996.