About Dennis Young
Lived 1936 – 2008 (aged 71–72). Dennis Young was a politician.
Sir Dennis Young (1936 – March 2008) was the acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea in 1989–1990 and in 1991. He was Speaker of the Assembly when Sir Ignatius Kilage died on December 31, 1989. Young served as acting governor-general until the selection of Sir Vincent Eri on February 27, 1990. After Eri resigned his position on October 4, 1991, Young again served as acting governor-general until the selection of Sir Wiwa Korowi on November 18, 1991.
Young was born in England in 1936. He served as the Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from August 1982 to October 1982 and from November 1987 to July 1992.
He was knighted in the 1999 New Year Honours for his public service. Young died from a heart attack in Milne Bay in March 2008.
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Who was Dennis Young?
acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea
When was Dennis Young born?
Dennis Young was born in 1936 in London.
When did Dennis Young die?
Dennis Young died in 2008 in Losuia.
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Dennis Young was a politician.
What nationality was Dennis Young?
Dennis Young's recorded nationality: Papua New Guinea.
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· DBpedia: Dennis Young (Papua New Guinean politician)
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