Hon. Bartholomew Ulufa’alu

Member of Parliament
Aoke-Langalanga, Malaita
Eighth Parliament

Constituency: Auki – Langalanga

Contact Address:    

National Parliament
P.O.BOX G19
HONIARA
Solomon Islands

Parliamentary Appointments

  • Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for East Honiara Constituency in 1976. Re-elected in 6 August 1980, 24 October 1984, 28 February 1989 but later resigned, 6 August 1997, 5 December 2001 and 5 April 2006. He died on 26 May 2007 while serving his seventh term in office. 

Political Affiliation

  • Leader of Liberal Party from 1984 to the time of his death
  • Leader of National Democratic Party (NADEPA) from 1976 to 1980

Parliamentary Committee Appointments

  • Was a chair of the Public Accounts Committee and member of various parliamentary standing committees.

Ministerial Appointments

  • Prime Minister from 1997 to June 2000.
  • Finance from May  to 16 October 2006
  • Finance Minister in 1980

Education

  • Attained Bachelor of Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea from 1970 to 1974
  • Attended Aruligo Secondary School from 1967 to 1969
  • Attended Saint Joseph’s Tenaru from 1966 to 1967

Occupation before entering Parliament

  • Founded and managed Bina Sawmill Community Project from 1974 to 1975
  • Founded and managed the Solomon Islands National Union of Workers from 1975 to 1976
  • Founded the Solomon Islands Farmers Association in 1988
  • Economic Consultant to the Solomon Islands Government in 1992
  • Consultant for UNDP/ ILO on Social Dimension of the Structural Adjustment Programme in 1994

Personal

  • Date of birth: 25 December 1950
  • Village/ Home Island: Laulasi, Langalanga Lagoon, Malaita Province

Denomination

  • Roman Catholic

Hobbies

  • Reading, Soccer, Fishing and Gardening