Edward Huni'ehu (January 1, 1956 – April 12, 2010) was a
Solomon Islands
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politician.
He graduated from the
Solomon Islands College of Higher Education
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.
He was first elected to the
National Parliament
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in a by-election in 1992 (following Sir
Peter Kenilorea
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 independ ...
's resignation from Parliament), representing the
East ꞌAreꞌare constituency
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Malaita is the primar ...
in
Malaita Province
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It is named after its largest island, Malaita (also known as "Big Malaita" or " ...
. He kept his seat in the general election in 1993, temporarily left politics in 1997, returned to Parliament in 2001, and was re-elected in 2006.
He served as a minister in government on numerous occasions. He was Minister for Commerce during his first year in Parliament, under Prime Minister
Solomon Mamaloni
Solomon Sunaone Mamaloni (23 January 1943 – 11 January 2000) was a Solomon Islands politician. He was the first chief minister of the islands, and later served as the prime minister for three spells in the 1980s and 1990s.
Biography
Mamaloni ...
, then Minister for Transport, Works and Utilities throughout his first full term in Parliament (1993-1997), under
Francis Billy Hilly
Sir Francis Billy Hilly (20 July 1948 – 10 March 2025) was a Solomon Islands politician who was the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands from 18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994. He represented the Ranogga/Simbo Constituency in the National Parli ...
then Solomon Mamaloni again. He then briefly became
Leader of the Opposition
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to Mamaloni's government in 1997. At the end of that term, he "exit dpolitics for a while to focus on personal plans", but returned for the 2001 election, during which he regained his temporarily vacated seat."MP Huniehu Dies after Long Illness" ''Solomon Times'', April 13, 2010 , archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130113740/http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=5087 After the 2001 election, he was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Livestock by new Prime Minister Sir
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 2010Snyder Rini
Snyder Rini (born 27 July 1948Rini CV at Parliament website ) is a
appointed him Minister for Energy, Mines and Rural Electification, "in recognition of his efforts to ensure the development of alternative energy in Solomon Islands, especially in hydro and solar power for rural villages". He resigned due to ill health in 2009, and sat as a
backbencher
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Honiara
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"after a long battle with
diabetes
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". He was buried "in his home village of Manawai" in his constituency.