Koriam Urekit

Koriam Michael Urekit (c. 1916 – 3 December 1978) was a Papua New Guinean cargo cult leader and politician.

A subsistence farmer, he helped establish and improve educational facilities in the Kandrian area.

When Papua New Guinea became independent in 1975, the House of Assembly was renamed the National Parliament.

During his time in parliament he continued to push for the establishment of new educational facilities, with former MP Harry Humphreys claiming he once saw Urekit try to give K20,000 to the government to set up a primary school.

[4] Urekit collapsed while at Port Moresby Hospital on 2 December 1978 and died the following day.