Augustine Geve (died August 20, 2002) was a

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 ...

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and politician.

Life

He was first elected to

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in the December 2001 general election, as MP for South Guadalcanal, at the time of the violent ethnic conflict on

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. He was then appointed Minister for Youth, Women and Sports in Prime Minister

Allan Kemakeza Allan Kemakeza (born 11 September 1950) was the prime minister of Solomon Islands from 2001 to 2006. He represented Savo/Russel Constituency in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands from 1989 to 2010 assassinated Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

by Ronnie Cawa, Francis Lela and

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"on a remote beach" on Guadalcanal. The three men were convicted for the crime and several other murders in March 2005 by High Court judge (and future

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)

Frank Kabui Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui, GCMG, CSI, OBE, KStJ (born 20 April 1946) was the Governor-General of Solomon Islands from 7 July 2009 to 7 July 2019. He was the country's first law graduate in 1975, became a judge and was a former member of t ...

, who sentenced them to life in jail. Geve's vacant seat in Parliament was filled in a

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, and he was succeeded by Victor Totu."Members of the Seventh Parliament"
National Parliament of Solomon Islands

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