North Vella la Vella Constituency:

Contact Address:    

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & External Trade
P.O.Box G10,
Honiara. Solomon Islands
Phone: +677 21250
Fax: +677

Parliamentary Appointments

• Re-elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for North Vella la Vella on the 19th November 2014. Re-elected again in 2010. First Elected to Parliament on 5th April 2006.

Party Affiliation

• People's Alliance Party

Parliamentary Committee Appointments

• No Committee Appointments

Ministerial Appointments

• Minister of Foreign Affairs & External Trade from 17th November 2017 to date.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs & External Trade from 15th December 2014 to 6th November 2017.

Education

• Obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Management & Sociology from the University of South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji  in 1993
• Obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) from USP, Suva, Fiji in 1992
• Attended tertiary education at the University of PNG (UPNG) from 1970 to 1971
• Attended Senior Secondary School at Malanguna Technical College (PNG) from 1968 to 1969.

Occupation before entering Parliament

• High Commissioner for Solomon Islands to Australia from 2000 to 2005
• Chairman, Provincial Government Review Committee in 1999
• Chairman, National Disaster Council from 1984 to 1985
• Government Consultant, Public Service Reform Program in 1988
• UNDP Consultant, Ministry of Provincial Government in 1995

Personal

• Year of birth: 21 October 1951 
• Village/ Home Island: Ropalado Village, Vella La Vella