Oala Oala-Rarua (12 June 1934 – 17 May 1980) was a Papua New Guinean educator, civil servant, trade unionist, politician and diplomat.
He served as a member of the House of Assembly and Assistant Minister for the Treasury between 1968 and 1972, later becoming the first Lord Mayor of Port Moresby and High Commissioner to Australia.
[8] He had been elected president of Port Moresby local council in 1971,[1] and became its first Lord Mayor when it was granted city status later in 1972.
[9] In 1974 he was appointed High Commissioner to Australia,[10] After resigning from the role in late 1976,[11] he unsuccessfully ran in the Moresby South constituency in the 1977 elections.
[1] He died in Port Moresby General Hospital in May 1980 after suffering a stroke, survived by his wife and five children.