Francesca Semoso

Francesca Rhianna Semoso is a politician and former broadcaster from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

She has held the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Bougainville House of Representatives; prior to her political career she was a radio broadcaster at the National Broadcasting Commission of Papua New Guinea.

Semoso was a broadcaster at the National Broadcasting Commission for ten years and later joined private radio station UMI FM for a period of four years.

In 2003 she moved back to Bougainville to participate in the post-civil war peace process.

[1] Semoso was elected as a member of parliament in 2005 in the North Bougainville Women's Constituency seat.