Turi Wari

Turi Wari ( – 24 April 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1968 until 1977.

Biography Wari was born around 1933 in Ialibu in the Territory of Papua, and was one of the first people in the area to come into contact with Europeans.

He contested the Ialibu seat in the 1964 general elections, finishing second to Koitaga Mano, although around 7,000 votes behind. In the 1968 elections Mano transferred to the Kendep-Tambul seat and Wari was elected from the Ialibu constituency.

He died of cancer in April 1987, survived by two wives and several children.