About Theonila Roka Matbob
Born 1990. Theonila Roka Matbob is a politician.
Theonila Roka Matbob (born 1990) is a Bougainvillian politician and Cabinet Minister. She was the second woman in Bougainville to win an open electorate seat in the Bougainville House of Representatives. She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2026.
Roka Matbob is from Ioro in Central Bougainville, and grew up during the Bougainville Civil War. and the University of Goroka,
In September 2020, she was one of a group of Boungainville villagers who filed a human rights complaint against Rio Tinto over environmental degradation caused by the Panguna mine.
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Who is Theonila Roka Matbob?
Papua New Guinean politician
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Theonila Roka Matbob was born in 1990.
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Theonila Roka Matbob is a politician.
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Theonila Roka Matbob's recorded nationality: Papua New Guinea.
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