Constituency: North New Georgia, Western Province

Deputy Speaker of Parliament

Contact Address:

National Parliament of Solomon Islands P.O. Box G19 Honiara Solomon Islands. Phone: +677 23424/28520 Fax: +677 24272

Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for North New Georgia Constituency on 24 October 1984. Re-elected on 28 February 1989, 26 May 1993, 6 August 1997, 5 December 2001 and 5 April 2006 and 4th August 2010
• Elected as Deputy Speaker of Parliament on 5th December 2011 to 8th September 2014

Committee Appointments

• Member,Health and Medical Services Committee from 21 June 2011 to 8th September 2014
• Member, Parliamentary House Committee from 10 September 2010 to 8th September 2014
• of Public Accounts Committee from 10th September 2010 to 5th December 2011
• Chair, Special Select Committee on Parliamentary Privileges, Immunities and Powers from September 2007.
• Chair, Parliamentary House Committee from 2001 to 2006.

Ministerial Appointments

• Minister for Education and Human Resources Development from 21 December 2007 to 16th September 2008
• Minister for Forestry, Environment and Conservation and Deputy Prime Minister from April 2006 to 19 December 2006.

Education

• University of Papua New Guinea.
• University of the South Pacific
• King George VI School
• Honiara Primary School

Occupation before entering Parliament

• Premier of the Western Provincial Assembly from 1983 to 1987.
• Elected to Provincial Assembly for Kusaghe Ward in the West Province in 1982. 
• A former teacher at St. Joseph’s Tenaru Secondary School, Goldie College and Tangarare Provincial Secondary School and later at Kokegolo Primary School, Munda. 

Conferences, Delegations, Visits

• Attended Parliamentary Retreat in Canberra in 2001
• Attended the South East Asia Economic Summit in 1994
• Attended Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference held in the United Kingdom in 1987
• Attended Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference held at  Channel Island, UK in 1986
• Attended Australasia Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference at  Vanuatu in 1985

Personal

• Date of birth: 18 July 1951
• Village/ Home Island: Kolobagea Village, New Georgia Island, Western Province