Peter Kenilorea
Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands | |
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In office 19 November 1984 – 1 December 1986 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Solomon Mamaloni |
Succeeded by | Ezekiel Alebua |
In office 7 July 1978 – 31 August 1981 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Solomon Mamaloni |
Personal details | |
Born | Malaita, Solomon Islands | 23 May 1943
Died | 24 February 2016 Honiara, Solomon Islands | (aged 72)
Political party | Solomon Islands United Party |
Sir Peter Kenilorea
Biography
Kenilorea was born in Takataka village on Malaita island, of ꞌAreꞌare ethnicity. He was trained as a teacher for the South Seas Evangelical Church and a co-founder of the Solomon Islands Christian Association. As a young man he helped to found the Solomon Islands United Party.
In the
Following fighting between the Malaita Eagle Force and the Isatabu Freedom Movement, Kenilorea was, along with Paul Tovua, co-chairman of the peace talks,[1] and he became Chairman[2] of the eight-member[1] Peace Monitoring Council,[2] which was created in August 2000.[1] In the Seventh Parliament, which sat from 2001 to 2005, he was Speaker of Parliament.[3]
He was a candidate for the post of
He subsequently sought to return to Parliament, and was an unsuccessful candidate in a by-election in East ꞌAreꞌare in August 2012.[7] He died on 24 February 2016 of natural causes.[8] Kenilorea's son Peter Kenilorea Jr. was elected a member of parliament in April 2019.
References
- ^ a b c "Solomon Islands: Cease-fire monitoring group appointed", Solomon Islands Ministry of Commerce web site (nl.newsbank.com), August 4, 2000.
- ^ a b "Solomon Islands: "Final appeal" to militants to hand over weapons", Radio New Zealand International (nl.newsbank.com), December 13, 2000.
- ^ "Members of the Seventh Parliament", Solomon Islands Parliament website.
- ^ "Solomons MPs choose new governor-general", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation web site (nl.newsbank.com), June 15, 2004.
- ^ "Solomon Islands Parliament sworn in" Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, 24 April 2006.
- ^ "The Speaker", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ^ "Governor General Congratulates New Parlimentarians", Solomon Times, 7 August 2012
- ^ "Solomons first PM Sir Peter Kenilorea dies | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. 1978-07-07. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
External links
- Sir Peter's detailed biography and chronology on the website of the Solomon Star newspaper
- "Realising political stability". Transcript of Sir Peter Kenilorea's opening address at a conference on "Political Parties and Integrity Reform", Honiara, August 30, 2008