Ugi Biritu

Ugi Biritu (c. 1937 – 15 March 1967) was a Papua New Guinean politician.

[1] Two years later he moved to Lufa to work as an interpreter for the Department of Native Affairs.

Although he was illiterate, he was the only candidate to speak almost every language and dialect spoken in the constituency.

[1] Bono Azanifa received over 4,000 more first preference votes than Biritu, but Biritu received almost all the second preference votes from the other three candidates' voters, overtaking Azanifa on the fourth count.

[3][1] After being elected, he expanded his agricultural activities to start farming coffee, potatoes, cattle and goats.