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Prime Minister Of Solomon Islands
The prime minister of Solomon Islands is Solomon Islands' head of government, as elected by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, National Parliament. Since May 2024 Jeremiah Manele has been the prime minister of Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm; the functions of the head of state are performed on behalf of the Monarchy of Solomon Islands, monarch of Solomon Islands by the Governor-General of Solomon Islands, governor-general of Solomon Islands, who is nominated by Parliament. The prime minister's official residence is Red House (Solomon Islands), Red House in Honiara. Constitutional basis Section 33 of the constitution of Solomon Islands provides for the prime minister to be elected by the members of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, national parliament. The other government ministers are appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister. The prime minister may be removed from office by the governor-general followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremiah Manele
Jeremiah Manele (born 1968) is a Solomon Island politician serving as Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, prime minister following the 2024 Solomon Islands general election. He is the first prime minister of the country to come from Isabel Province. Early life and education Manele grew up in the village of Samasodu on the island of Santa Isabel (island), Santa Isabel. His high school education began at an Anglican school, Selwyn College, in Guadalcanal, where he later taught, before completing his year 6 at King George VI School in Honiara. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Public Administration at the University of Papua New Guinea, graduating in 1991. He returned to studies briefly in 1995–96, completing post graduate work at the University of Oxford. Civil service In the start of his career, Manele represented the Solomon Islands as a career diplomat. He was appointed to diplomatic postings as Counsellor and later Charge d'Affaires of the Solomon Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands United Party
The Solomon Islands United Party (UP) is a political party in Solomon Islands. History The party was established in March 1980 by Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea, and was based on the government he had led since 1978.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa'', Greenwood Press, p1002 Kenilorea had initially been an independent, but sought to form a party in the build-up to the 1980 general elections. The party won 16 of the 38 seats and Kenilorea remained Prime Minister after forming a coalition government with the Independent Group. However, the government fell in 1981 after the Independent Group pulled out, at which point the People's Alliance Party's Solomon Mamaloni was able to form a coalition government with the National Democratic Party and independent MPs. The party retained significant public support throughout the 1980s, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Solomon Islands General Election
General elections were held in the Solomon Islands on 6 August 1980. They were the first since independence has been achieved two years earlier. The Solomon Islands United Party led by Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea emerged as the largest party, winning 16 of the 38 seats. Following the elections, Kenilorea was re-elected Prime Minister. Campaign A total of 241 candidates contested the 38 seats. Results Around two-thirds of incumbent MPs lost their seats.Solomon Islands voters tip 'em out ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1980, p9 The election result in West Honiara was annulled by the Electoral Commission after the High Court ruled that the winning candidate [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kenilorea (cropped)
Sir Peter Kenilorea (23 May 1943 – 24 February 2016) was a Solomon Islander politician, officially styled The Rt Hon. Sir Peter Kenilorea as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He was the first prime minister of an independent Solomon Islands, from 1978–1981, and also served a second term from 1984–1986. Early life and education Kenilorea was born in Takataka village on Malaita island, of ꞌAreꞌare ethnicity. Kenilorea attended school in Malaita and Honiara. He then received a scholarship to study in New Zealand, where he attended Wesley College, Whanganui Collegiate School, and Ardmore College. He trained to be a teach while at Ardmore, and he began work as a schoolteacher after returning to Malaita. He was trained as a teacher for the South Seas Evangelical Church and a co-founder of the Solomon Islands Christian Association. Kenilorea had a wife, Margaret, and had seven or eight children. Political career Kenilorea got involved in politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ownership, Unity And Responsibility Party
The Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party (or OUR Party) is a political party in the Solomon Islands. It is headed by Jeremiah Manele and has competed in the 2010 and 2024 elections. History 2010 establishment The party was established on 17 December 2012 (and officially launched a month later) by the leader of the Opposition (and former Prime Minister) Manasseh Sogavare, and eight opposition MPs. The party stated its intention to "invest $780 million over a period of four years in the rural economy from our own sources to improve the participation of our people in economic development". Provincial governments would be required to take an active part in rural development. It has also promised to consider whether it may be possible to restore customary ownership of land alienated for public purposes during the colonial era, notably in Honiara. In this respect, the party said it would be guided by the customary land ownership policy implemented in Vanuatu. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance Party (Solomon Islands)
The Democratic Alliance Party is a political party in the Solomon Islands led by Rick Houenipwela. History The DAP supports maintaining the country's alliance with Taiwan. In the 2014 general elections, the party won seven seats, becoming the largest party in Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing .... SIEC Election results References Political parties in the Solomon Islands ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands Party For Rural Advancement
The Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA) is a political party in the Solomon Islands. It was founded in 2006 and is led by Gordon Darcy Lilo. The party was part of the National Coalition for Reform and Advancement, which governed the country between 2010 and 2014, with its leader Lilo being finance minister from 2010 to 2011 and then Prime Minister of Solomon Islands The prime minister of Solomon Islands is Solomon Islands' head of government, as elected by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, National Parliament. Since May 2024 Jeremiah Manele has been the prime minister of Solomon Islands. Solomon ... from 2011 to 2014. The party lost all but one seat in the 2014 Solomon Islands general election with Lilo losing his seat to his nephew. Election results References Political parties in the Solomon Islands {{Solomons-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Democratic Party
The Reform Democratic Party of Solomon Islands (RDPSI) was a political party in Solomon Islands founded by MP Danny Philip Danny Philip (born 5 August 1953) is a politician and diplomat from the Solomon Islands. He was the prime minister of Solomon Islands from 2010 to 2011. Previously he served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and from July 2000 .... Campaigning for the 2010 general election, the party promised constitutional reform in order for the people to be "true owners of the state and its institutions". The party won three seats in the election, and Philip was elected Prime Minister in August 2010. BBC, August 25, 2010 Philip would go on to resign a year later and would later lead the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands Social Credit Party
The Solomon Islands Social Credit Party ("Socreds") was a political party in the Solomon Islands that espoused social credit theories of monetary reform. It opposed foreign interference in the economy of the country. It was led by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, previously leader of the People's Progressive Party and the former Member of Parliament for East Choiseul. Sogavare launched the party in July 2005, backed by Filipino businessman Ramon Quitales. Other prominent party members included Clay Forau Soalaoi. It was a member of a four-party coalition, the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change, which included the National Party, Solomon Islands Liberal Party, and the Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement, and groups of independents from Honiara, Malaita and Guadalcanal. The party opposes foreign control of the economy, and advocates a full monetary and financial reform in line with the ideology of social credit. It believes that the islands' poverty can only be add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Independent Members
The Association of Independent Members of Parliament (AIMP) or Association of Independent Members (AIM) is a political party in the Solomon Islands founded by Tommy Chan in 2001. At the 2001 elections, the party won 13 out of 50 seats. After the 2006 elections, party member Snyder Rini was elected as Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r .... Subsequent riots against him led to his resignation after just eight days. References Political parties in the Solomon Islands {{solomons-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Progressive Party (Solomon Islands)
The People's Progressive Party (PPP) was a political party in the Solomon Islands. History The PPP was established in February 1974. It was initially led by Solomon Mamaloni and was estimated to have around six members of the Governing Council. Later in the year, an election was held for the first Chief Minister. Mamaloni defeated Benedict Kinika of the United Solomon Islands Party and formed a cabinet of PPP members and independents.Roland Rich, Luke Hambly & Michael G Morgan (2008) Political Parties in the Pacific Islands', ANU E Press, p106 He resigned in November 1975 after an inquiry into action taken without consulting his cabinet, and when he was re-elected in December he formed a cabinet with five USIPA members, two from the PPP and one independent. Following the formation of the new government and prior to the 1976 general elections, the PPP and USIPA both disintegrated.Pacific Perspective, Volume 13, Issue 2 In 1979 it merged with the Rural Alliance Party to form the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands Liberal Party
The Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) was a political party in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t .... History The party was established as the Nationalist Party in 1975, before becoming the National Democratic Party (NADEPA).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa'', Greenwood Press, p1001 Its founders, Joses Tuhanuku and Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, were trade union leaders, with Tuhanuku heading the Solomon Islands General Workers' Union. It won eight of the 38 seats in the 1976 general elections. It was reduced to two seats in the 1980 elections and one seat in the 1984 elections. In 1986, the party was renamed the Solomon Islands Liberal Party;''The Far East and Australasia 2003', p1102'' a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
