Silas Vaqara Tausinga, born 12 August 1983,"Hon. Silas Tausinga"

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is a

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politician. He is the son of

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, who was first elected to the

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in 1984. After a

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, he went into work, as a bank officer at the

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. He was elected to Parliament for the first time in the August 2010 general election, as MP for the West New Georgia constituency. He sat alongside his father, both of them as representatives of the

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. Despite Prime Minister

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being the only other member of the party in Parliament, the Tausingas initially sat on the Opposition benches. In March 2012, Silas Tausinga (but not his father) defected to the government side, and was appointed Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, as part of a Cabinet reshuffle."2nd Opposition MP becomes Minister"
''Islands Sun'', 5 March 2012 At the age of just 28, he was the youngest person in the country to become a government minister."Solomon Islands: The prime minister reshuffles his cabinet"
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'', 23 April 2012

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