Douglas Ete (born 4 August 1964) is a

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politician. After studying at the

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and at

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(

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), he worked as Chief Executive Officer at the National Referral Hospital in Solomon Islands. His career in national politics began when he was elected to

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as the member for

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in the 4 August 2010 general election, standing for the

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. He was then appointed Minister of Public Service in Prime Minister

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. A Cabinet reshuffle on 8 December 2010, after the sacking of two ministers, saw Ete promoted Minister of Forestry. On 20 January 2011, Ete resigned from Cabinet, citing dissatisfaction with the Cabinet being "manipulated by one or two people", and joined

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. A few days later, he claimed to have been shot at in

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, at night, along with Bodo Dettke (a fellow MP who had also left the government) and said he had been "targeted for having left the government". The police investigated the incident, but stated Ete and Dettke had not been present at the scene of the shooting, and had therefore not been shot at. The police then released a media statement describing Dettke and Ete's claim as "incorrect and misleading". On 15 December 2014, following a general election, Ete was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs by new Prime Minister

Manasseh Sogavare Manasseh Damukana Sogavare (born 17 January 1955) is a Solomon Islander politician serving as Minister of Finance since 2024. He served as the prime minister of Solomon Islands for a total of nine years from 2000–2001, 2006–2007, 2014–2017 ...

."Ete appointed DPM"
, ''Solomon Times'', 16 December 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ete, Douglas 1964 births Living people Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands People from Honiara Deputy prime ministers of the Solomon Islands Forestry ministers of the Solomon Islands