Background
LOKOLOKO, Tore was born on September 21, 1930 in Iokea, Gulf Province. Son of Paramount Chief Lokoloko Tore and Kevau-Sarufa.
LOKOLOKO, Tore was born on September 21, 1930 in Iokea, Gulf Province. Son of Paramount Chief Lokoloko Tore and Kevau-Sarufa.
He was Governor-General during Queen Elizabeth"s Silver Jubilee visit to the country, when he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George. Lokoloko was born in the village of Iokea, Papua (now in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea). He was the son of Paramount Chief Lokoloko Tore, and attended the Sogeri School, set up by the former Australian administrators in 1944. He was selected to replace Guise as Governor-General on 18 February 1977, and remained in that position through 1 March 1983.
He later became the chairman of Indosuez Niugine Bank, a position he remained in through 1989.
Lokoloko died on 13 March 2013 of respiratory failure after a severe asthma attack.
Like Sir John Guise, Lokoloko had been a member of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea prior to self-government, from 1968 to 1972.
Married Lalahaia Meakoro in 1950.