Douglas Ete

The Right Honourable Douglas Ete MP
Minister of Forestry
In office 8 December 2010 – 20 January 2011
Prime Minister	Danny Philip
Preceded by	Bodo Dettke
Succeeded by	Bradley Tovosia
Minister of Public Service
In office 27 August 2010 – 8 December 2010
Prime Minister	Danny Philip
Succeeded by	Stanley Sofu
Member of Parliament for East Honiara
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 August 2010
Preceded by	Silas Milikada
Personal details
Born	August 4, 1964
Political party	Reformed Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of the South Pacific Massey University

Douglas Ete, born August 4, 1964^[1], is a Solomon Islands politician.

After studying at the University of the South Pacific and at Massey University (New Zealand), he worked as Chief Executive Officer at the National Referral Hospital in Solomon Islands.^[2]

His career in national politics began when he was elected to Parliament as the member for East Honiara in the August 2010 general election, standing for the Reformed Democratic Party. He was then appointed Minister of Public Service in Prime Minister Danny Philip's Cabinet.^{[3] [4]} A Cabinet reshuffle in December, after the sacking of two ministers, saw Ete promoted Minister of Forestry.^[5]

On January 20, Ete resigned from Cabinet, citing dissatisfaction with the Cabinet being "manipulated by one or two people", and joined Steve Abana's Opposition.^{[6] [7]}

A few days later, he claimed to have been shot at in Honiara, at night, along with Bodo Dettke (a fellow MP who had also left the government) and said he had been "targeted for having left the government". The police investigated the incident, but stated Ete and Dettke had not been present at the scene of the shooting, and had therefore not been shot at.^{[8] [9]} The police then released a media statement describing Dettke and Ete's claim as "incorrect and misleading".^[10]

References

1. ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
2. ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
3. ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
4. ^ 2010 election data, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
5. ^ "Bodo picks up fisheries", Solomon Star, December 9, 2010
6. ^ "Ministers walkout", Solomon Star, January 21, 2010
7. ^ "Four MPs Desert Government", Solomon Times, January 21, 2010
8. ^ "Solomons MPs claim gun attacks", Sydney Morning Herald, February 1, 2011
9. ^ "Solomons police investigate firearms incident but deny MPs were at scene", Radio New Zealand International, Fenruary 1, 2011
10. ^ "Solomon MPs 'misleading' over shooting say police", Radio Australia, February 3, 2011

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Name	Ete, Douglas
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Date of birth	August 4, 1964
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