# Sam Abal

> Samuel Tei Abal is a Papua New Guinean politician. Abal, who previously served as Foreign Minister from August 2007 to December 2010, became the Deputy Prime Minister of the country in a cabinet reshuffle by Michael Somare on 7 December 2010. He further became acting Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea on 13 December 2010, when Prime Minister Somare stepped down from office to face a tribunal regarding allegations of financial mismanagement. His tenure as acting Prime Minister ended on 2 August 2011, when Peter O'Neill won a parliamentary vote to be appointed as Prime Minister. Since October 2021, he is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Papua New Guinea to Japan.

*Papua New Guinean politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1958-06-26
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 24.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

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- [Samuel Abal](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Abal)
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- [Абал, Самуэль](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58169)

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