Patteson Oti

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Patteson Oti in August 2007

John Patteson Oti, sometimes called Patterson Oti (born 17 January 1956), is a

High Commissioner to Fiji
.

Oti was a desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1990 and a Provincial Secretary for the Ministry of Provincial Government from 1991 to 1993. He was a political analyst for the government of Prime Minister Francis Billy Hilly in 1994, and from 1995 to 1997 he was special secretary to the Leader of the Opposition.[1]

He was first elected to the

National Parliament of the Solomon Islands for Temotu Nende Constituency in the August 1997 parliamentary election, and under Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from August 1997 to June 2000. In the December 2001 election, he was re-elected to his seat, and he served as Leader of the Opposition Group in Parliament from December 2001 to May 2003. He was also a member of the Public Accounts Committee from 2000 to 2001 and was the Committee's Chairman in 2002.[1]

Oti was subsequently Minister for Communication, Aviation & Meteorology from January 2004 to February 2005 and Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament from February 2005 to December 2005. He was re-elected to his seat in the April 2006 parliamentary election[1] and was again a candidate for the post of Deputy Speaker late in the month,[3] although the post was won by Allan Kemakeza.[4] Under Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Oti became Foreign Minister for a second time on May 5, 2006.

In mid-August 2006, Oti resigned from the National Party.[5]

After Sogavare was defeated in a no-confidence vote in December 2007, Oti was the government's candidate to replace Sogavare as Prime Minister, but he was defeated by opposition candidate Derek Sikua in the vote held on December 20, receiving 15 votes against 32 for Sikua.[6]

No longer in Parliament following the

High Commissioner (i.e., Ambassador) to Fiji. The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation described his appointment as "another demoralising blow to trained career diplomats", as it suggested a tendency to appoint politicians rather than professional diplomats to head diplomatic missions.[7] Oti was sworn in as High Commissioner to Fiji on 19 March 2012.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d CV for Oti at Parliament website.
  2. ^ "Our Party: Tulagi is next", Solomon Star, May 14, 2010
  3. ^ "Solomons ex-PM stands for deputy speaker", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website (nl.newsbank.com), April 23, 2006.
  4. ^ "Solomons ex-premier elected deputy speaker", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website (nl.newsbank.com), April 25, 2006.
  5. ^ "Six of seven Solomon Islands ruling coalition MPs resign from party", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website (nl.newsbank.com), August 18, 2006.
  6. ^ "Solomon Islands MPs elect new PM" Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, December 20, 2007.
  7. ^ "Oti appointed high commissioner to Fiji" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, September 14, 2011
  8. ^ "Oti officially sworn in as Fiji envoy" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 20 March 2012
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