- Peter Kenilorea
Sir Peter Kenilorea KBE (born
May 23 1943 ) is aSolomon Islands politician, officially styled The Rt. Hon. Sir Peter Kenilorea as a member of thePrivy Council of the United Kingdom .Kenilorea was born in Takataka village on
Malaita island, of'Are'are ethnicity. He was trained as a teacher for theSouth Seas Evangelical Church and a co-founder of theSolomon Islands Christian Association . As a young man he helped to found theSolomon Islands United Party .He became Chief Minister of the Solomon Islands in 1976 and led the country to independence from Britain in 1978. He then became Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands until 1981, and again from 1984 to 1986. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1989 and from 1990 to 1993.
Following fighting between the
Malaita Eagle Force and theIsatabu Freedom Movement , Kenilorea was, along withPaul Tovua , co-chairman of the peace talks,"Solomon Islands: Cease-fire monitoring group appointed", Solomon Islands Ministry of Commerce web site (nl.newsbank.com), August 4, 2000.] and he became Chairman"Solomon Islands: "Final appeal" to militants to hand over weapons", Radio New Zealand International (nl.newsbank.com), December 13, 2000.] of the eight-member Peace Monitoring Council, which was created in August 2000. In the Seventh Parliament, which sat from 2001 to 2005, he was Speaker of Parliament. [ [http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/193 "Members of the Seventh Parliament"] , Solomon Islands Parliament website.]He was a candidate for the post of Governor-General in mid-June 2004, but he received only 8 of 41 votes in Parliament, placing second behind
Nathaniel Waena , who received 27 votes. ["Solomons MPs choose new governor-general", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation web site (nl.newsbank.com), June 15, 2004.]External links
* [http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2071&change=71&changeown=78&Itemid=26 Sir Peter's detailed biography and chronology] on the website of the "Solomon Star" newspaper
* [http://solomonstarnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3184&change=103&changeown=89&Itemid=45 "Realising political stability"] . Transcript of Sir Peter Kenilorea's opening address at a conference on "Political Parties and Integrity Reform",Honiara , August 30, 2008References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
