Constituency: East Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province
Contact Address:
Ministry of Health and Medical Service
P.O. Box 349
Honiara
Solomon Islands.
Phone: +677 28610/ 22376
Fax: +677 20085.
Parliamentary Service
Parliamentary Service
- Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for East Guadalcanal Constituency on 6 August 1997. Re-elected 5 December 2001, 5 April 2006.
Committee Appointments
- Member, Public Accounts Committee May 2006 to 21 December 2007
- Member, Parliamentary House Committee from 13 July to 21 December 2007
- Member, Parliamentary House Committee 2004 to 2005
Ministerial Appointments
- Minister for Communication, Aviation and Meteorology from 28 November 2007 to 21 December 2007
- Minister for Culture, Tourism and Aviation from June 2000 to December 2001
- Minister for Health and Medical Services from November 2005 to April 2006
- Minister for Commerce, Industries and Employment from April 2006 to May 2006
Other Appointments
- Chairman of SIPA, 2002
- Chairman of Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau
- Chairman of Solomon Islands Ports Authority
- Chairman of Solomon Islands Postal Corporation
- Chairman of Solomon Islands Home Finance Corporation
Qualification
- Co-operative Super Market Workshop in Management, Singapore in 1983 (Management Studies)
- Fiji Co-operative College, Suva, 1978
- Betikama High School from 1970 to 1973
- Alangaula Primary School from 1967 to 1969
Occupation before entering Parliament
- FSP Charcoal Project Coordinator, 1989
- World Vision International Project Coordinator, Solomon Islands, 1985
- Business Advisor from 1974 to 1984, Ministry of Commerce, Employment & Trade.
- Director of Belanimanu Rural Training Centre and Taho Disabled Vocational Training Centre
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
- Attended United Nations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Geneva, 2006
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, 2003
- Parliamentary tour to Taiwan, led by Sir Peter Kenilorea, 2002
- Association of Pacific Ports meeting in Nukualofa, Tonga as a Chairman of Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA), 2001
- Attended meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Interdenominational meeting, 2001
- Attended International Whaling Commission meeting in Muscat, Oman, 2000
- Aviation Ministers Meeting in Apria, Samoa, 1999
- Commonwealth Head of Governments Meeting in Edingborough, Scotland, 1997
- National Policy on Rural Electrification Seminars, Honiara, 1996
- World Vision International Seminars, Sydney, Australia
- Association of Pacific Ports meeting Suva, Fiji
Personal
- Date of birth: 13th November 1953
- Village/ Home Island: Belanimanu Village, Guadalcanal