____ was appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea ?

1) Sam Abal
2) Sir Michael Somare
3) Peter O’Neill
4) James Marape

Explanation:
Lawmakers of Papua New Guinea has elected James Marape as its 8th prime minister. He belongs to Pangu Party. He succeeded Peter O’Neill of People’s National Congress party, who was pressurized to resign by a series of political defections in recent days, and tensions over a multi-billion-dollar gas project signed this year with French company Total and the US firm ExxonMobil.Marape earlier served as the finance minister of Papua New Guinea while he was a member of People’s National Congress party and he resigned on April 2019.