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Mehrra Minne Kipefa is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been a Star Alliance Party member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since 2012, representing the electorate of Obura-Wonenara Open.
He graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea as an environmental chemist in 2013. Prior to his election, Kipefa had been an analytical industrial chemist for five years. He was elected to the National Parliament at the 2012 election, defeating John Boito. He was a supporter of the O'Neill government until July 2016, when he crossed the floor and joined the opposition.
Kipefa is the chairman of the Foreign Relations and Trade Referral Committee and a member of the Health and Family Welfare Referral Committee, the Culture and Tourism Committee, and the Public Sector Reform and Service Delivery Special Committee.