DECEASED

Constituency: East ‘Are ‘Are, Malaita Province

Contact Address:

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Rural Electrification
P.O. Box G37
Honiara
Solomon Islands.
Phone: +677 28609/ 25937/21521
Fax: +677 25811.

Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for East Are Are Constituency in 1992 (bye-election).  Re-elected on 26 May 1993, 5 December 2001 and 5 April 2006.

Parliamentary Committee Service

• Chair, Bills and Legislation Committee from 10/05/06 to 22 December 2007.

Ministerial Appointments

• MInister for Energy, Mines and Rural Electification from 22 December to present
• Minister for Education and Human Resources Development from 21 April 2006 to 4 May 2006
• Minister for Agriculture and Livestock from 19 December 2001 to 17 December 2002
• Leader of the Opposition in 1997
• Minister for Transport, Works and Utilities from 1993 to 1997
• Minister for Commerce

Qualification

• Solomon Islands College of Higher Education (SICHE)
• Su’u National Secondary School

Occupation before entering Parliament

• Self-Employed
• Advisor to the Prime Minister

Conferences, Delegations, Visits

• EEC ACP, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Pacific Islands Association of Chamber of Commerce, Tonga
• Pacific Islands Association of Chamber of Commerce, Suva
• Pacific Islands Association of Chamber of Commerce, Honiara

Personal

• Date of birth: 1 January 1956
• Village/ Home Island: Manawai Village, Malaita