Entity record

Sam AbalPerson

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Sam Abal is a former politically exposed person (PEP): Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea — a Level 1 (Executive) position — recorded from the Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

Politically exposed person (PEP)

ExecutiveLevel 1Former

Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.

Position
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
Government branch
Executive (B1)
Dates in office
2010-12-13 – 2011-01-17

Retained as a PEP reference for 50 years after leaving office. A PEP flag requires enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing — it is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our politically exposed persons reference guide for how the seniority levels, government branches, and current/former decay model work.

Also searched as10 spelling variants

Saam Abal · Sam Aabal · Sam Aball · Sam Abel · Sam Abil · Sam Ebal · Sam Ibal · Sem Abal · Sim Abal · Sam Ebel

Common misspellings and alternate transliterations of this entity's listed names, generated to aid search and screening. They are not part of the official source record above.

Key properties

Nationality
PG
Position
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

Source list & list version

Source listList versionManifest SHA-256StatusVerify
Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations)
Wikidata (crowd-sourced, CC0)
wd_peps@2026-07-0997dd2edea227ba1dList version (signing pending)

Last confirmed present in Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations) list version wd_peps@2026-07-09, observed .

This page reflects the official Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), version wd_peps@2026-07-09, as observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

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How to cite this page

Sam Abal. ProofAML. This page reflects the official Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), version wd_peps@2026-07-09, as observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/people/sam-abal-nk0e846ab0/

Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /people/sam-abal-nk0e846ab0/entity.json