"(Acting)" . . . "Abal, Sam"@en . "Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea" . . . "Samuel Tei \"Sam\" 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."@en . "Sam Abal"@en . . "Papua New Guinean politician" . .