Constituency: East Makira, Makira Ulawa Province  

Contact Address:

National Parliament Office P.O. Box G19 Honiara Solomon Islands. Phone: +677 28520 Fax: +677 24272

Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for East Makira Constituency on 24 October 1984. Re-elected on 28 February 1989, 26 May 1993, 6 August 1997, 5 December 2001 and 5 April 2006.

Parliamentary Committee Appointments

• Chair, Parliamentary House Committee from 15 January 2008 to present
• Member, Constitution Review Committee from 10 May 2006 to present

Ministerial Appointments

• Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1996
• Minister for National Planning and Development from 1994 to 1996

Qualifications

• Attended a Post Graduate Course at Oxford University, UK
• Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of the South Pacific (USP) 
• King George VI School
• Government Primary School Honiara

Occupation before entering Parliament

• Joined Levers Pacific Plantation, Yandina as Trainee Manager and then resigned.
• Public Service as an officer in the Foreign Affairs Department.
• Transferred to Makira Province as Planning Officer and promoted to Provincial Secretary

Conferences, Delegations, Visits

• Attended many international and regional conferences and seminars abroad and locally relating to government, private, NGOs and political issues

Personal

• Year of birth: 1948
• Village/ Home Island: Star Harbour, Makira