Bryan Jared Kramer

Kramer attended Madang International Primary School from 1980–1988, and then attended St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon, in Queensland, Australia, until 1992.

He finished Year 12 at Divine Word University, Madang, and graduated with a diploma in business and a degree in accounting, also from Divine Word University, in 1999.

Kramer started his career in private enterprise, based in his hometown of Madang.

After a range of entrepreneurial activity, including founder and manager of the Club 69 nightclubs in Madang and Lae (where Lands Minister John Rosso and Health Minister Jelta Wong were regulars), Organising Committee Member of the Miss PNG franchise of the Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant (with Dadi Toka Jr) and roles with major accounting firms and in his uncle's civil engineering and construction company, Kramer Ausenco, he contested the seat of Madang Open in the 2007 Papua New Guinea election, at the age of 31.

Bryan Jared Kramer is a Papua New Guinea politician and Member of the 10th and 11th Parliament of Papua New Guinea.

Kramer polled seventh, with 2,644 votes, but continued to run and won the seat in the 2017 Papua New Guinea elections as a member of Pangu Party (Pangu Pati), then led by Sam Basil, with a majority of 21,248 votes.

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill formed government, with members of Pangu Pati and some other political parties forming opposition.

In September 2017 Basil and some other Pangu Pati members moved to join the O'Neill Government, causing a split as Kramer and four other Pangu Pati members (including former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta) chose to remain in opposition.

Formerly a member of the Pangu Party, he founded the Allegiance Party, of which he was the sole MP, in 2018.

He ran nine candidates in the 2022 National Elections, including one in each of Madang's seven electorates.

Kramer was returned with a sizeable majority, but was unsuccessful in securing the election of another Party member.

He was suspended from office on 30 September 2022 pending the outcomes of a leadership tribunal.

On Tuesday 28 February 2023 the three-man bench unanimously found Kramer guilty of seven counts against him.

A three-man bench recommended dismissal for two counts of "scandalising the judiciary" and fines totalling K10,000 (USD3,000) for five counts related to use of district funds.

Kramer was dismissed from office by the Governor General on 24 May 2023.

He will not be able to re-contest an election for five years, allowing him to compete in the 2032 election.

A by-election for Madang Open will be held in 2024.

After almost four years Kramer's flagship project, the refurbishment of just over 5km of Madang town's Modilon Road, remains unfinished.

Kramer formally announced his resignation from Pangu Pati in March 2018, signalling that he intended to launch a new party called the Allegiance Party.

Kramer held the position of Shadow Minister for Public Enterprises and State Investments and Public Service in the opposition led by Patrick Pruaitch.

In May 2018 Kramer formally registered the Allegiance Party.

Kramer was the only Allegiance Party member elected as Member of Parliament.

Kramer is best known for leading a movement in Papua New Guinea against the country's endemic corruption.

Tagged PNG's "Anti-Corruption Tsar" by international media, he was elected on a platform of transparency and good governance.

Entering Parliament in opposition, he was quick to put transparency and governance on the national agenda.

In June 2018 Kramer launched an offensive against Papua New Guinea's daily newspapers, The National and Post-Courier, calling for a boycott to protest corruption and their support for the O'Neill Government.

It prompted a rebuke from the Media Council of Papua New Guinea.

In October 2018, Kramer was part of an opposition-led national strike over the purchase of a fleet of Maserati and Bentley cars by the PNG Government for use as PNG hosted the final events of APEC Papua New Guinea 2018.

The incident, which became known as Maseratigate, received international attention and ongoing coverage, particularly after it was revealed a number of vehicles procured for APEC had subsequently gone missing.

Despite continued international pressure, and a commitment by the Marape-Steven government to release a report into APEC spending after accusations of fraud were made, no public accounting of the cars or APEC finances has been released.

Kramer was appointed Minister for Police in the Marape-Steven Government on 17 June 2019.

In February 2019, Kramer released an analysis of costs related to the destruction of PNG Parliament Haus property by security personnel shortly after APEC activities ended.

Immediate estimates of the costs were up to PGK15 million.

Kramer's analysis of costs once details were released suggested inflated contracts were being given to businesses with Government connections.

He was subsequently appointed Minister for Justice in the Marape-Basil Government on 21 December 2020, and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship on 13 April 2022.

As the COVID-19 crisis struck in early 2020, Kramer led the PNG Government's communications efforts, articulating government policies and guiding public acceptance of measures in a country less affected by the pandemic.

When rumours surfaced that money had been misappropriated, Kramer was quick to criticise media coverage.

However, when he announced a self-led audit of COVID accounts, he attracted strong criticism.

In early June, he announced via his Facebook page that he was unable to complete the task.

After an independent audit firm was asked to provide services pro-bono, Kramer released a preliminary update on the use of funds, saying a full report would be released at a later date.