- Solomon Mamaloni
Solomon Mamaloni (
1943 -January 11 ,2000 "Solomon Islands' controversial former prime minister Mamaloni dies", Associated Press (nl.newsbank.com), January 12, 2000.] ) was the Prime Minister of theSolomon Islands three times:
*August 31 ,1981 -November 19 ,1984
*March 28 ,1989 -June 18 ,1993
*November 7 ,1994 -August 27 ,1997 Before that, he was the Chief Minister of the Solomon Islands from 1974 to 1976, when it was a British dependency.
Mamaloni was the leader of the People's Progressive Party, also sometimes known as the National Unity Group, from the 1970s until 1997.
In the National Parliament, he represented West Makira constituency. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1981, [ [http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/198 "Members of the Second Parliament"] , Solomon Islands Parliament website.] from 1984 to 1988, [ [http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/197 "Members of the Third Parliament"] , Solomon Islands Parliament website.] and from 1993 to 1994. [ [http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/195 "Members of the Fifth Parliament"] , Solomon Islands Parliament website.] He was again chosen as Leader of the Opposition in late September 1998, replacing
Job Dudley Tausinga . ["Solomon Islands: Former premier back as opposition leader", Radio New Zealand International (nl.newsbank.com), September 30, 1998.] He remained Opposition Leader until he died ofkidney disease in aHoniara hospital in January 2000.References
External links
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Solomon_Islands.html worldstatesmen.org: Solomon Islands]
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