About Ugi Biritu
Lived 1937 – 1967 (aged 29–30). Ugi Biritu was a politician.
Ugi Biritu ( – 15 March 1967) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1964 and his death in 1967.
Biography Biritu was born around 1937 in Mobei. He was baptised into the Lutheran Church between 1956 and 1958. He initially trained to be a teacher, before spending a year at the Medical Training School in Goroka, qualifying as an aid post orderly.
Biritu contested the Henganofi constituency in the 1964 elections. Although he was illiterate, he was the only candidate to speak almost every language and dialect spoken in the constituency. After being elected, he expanded his agricultural activities to start farming coffee, potatoes, cattle and goats.
Biritu died of an epileptic seizure in Goroka in March 1967. His funeral was attended by more than 2,000 people.
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Who was Ugi Biritu?
Papua New Guinean politician
When was Ugi Biritu born?
Ugi Biritu was born in 1937 in Mobei, Territory of New Guinea.
When did Ugi Biritu die?
Ugi Biritu died on 15 March 1967 in Goroka, Territory of Papua and New Guinea.
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Ugi Biritu was a politician.
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