Benjamin Ngents Mul is a Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

 politician. He has been a Papua New Guinea Party

Papua New Guinea Party

The Papua New Guinea Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in 2007 by former prime minister and leader of the People's Democratic Movement, Mekere Morauta The party won 8 out of 109 seats in the 2007 General Elections With this result the party became the largest opposition...

 member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea. It was first created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea, but gained its current name with the granting of independence in 1975....

 since July 2007, representing the electorate of North Wahgi Open.

Mul was born in the village of Kaming in Nondugl in the Western Highlands

Western Highlands (Papua New Guinea)

Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km², and there are 440,025 inhabitants , making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands...

. He dropped out of school at an early age, before renewing his studies at Pabrabug High School in his late teens. He subsequently gained admission to the University of Papua New Guinea

University of Papua New Guinea

The University of Papua New Guinea was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired into higher education in Papua New Guinea...

 through their adult matriculation program, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in social work. Mul, a devout Christian, later worked as a teacher, opening a number of Christian pre-schools in the National Capital District and Central Province

Central Province (Papua New Guinea)

Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 183,983 people and is in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National Capital District outside the province, is the Port Moresby suburb...

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Mul nominated as a candidate for the North Wahgi Open electorate at the 2007 general election

Papua New Guinean general election, 2007

General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 30 June 2007 to 14 July 2007.For the first time, the election did not use first past the post , but rather Limited Preferential Voting, in which voters number...

, and was not considered a favourite, with incumbent MP and National Party leader Michael Kal and former MP Dr Fabian Pok considered the likely frontrunners. However, he overtook both Kal and Pok in the late stages of counting to stage an upset victory. The result enraged some of Pok's supporters, who retaliated by rioting and starting fires. Pok subsequently filed a petition challenging the result with the Court of Disputed Returns. One of Mul's first acts as an MP was to call for ten percent of the provincial budget to be given to churches in the area.