Peter Kenilorea

Sir Peter Kenilorea (born May 23 1943) is a Solomon Islands politician.

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May 23 - 1943 - Solomon Islands

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Kenilorea was born in Takataka village on Malaita island. As a young man he helped to found the Solomon 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 foreign minister from 1988 to 1989 and from 1990 to 1993. He still remains active in Solomon Islands politics, recently serving as parliamentary speaker and as a chairman of a peace monitoring commission for Malaita Island after unrest occurred there in 2000. In 2004 there was an attempt to elect him governor-general but he received only 8 of 41 votes in Parliament.

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Malaita - Solomon Islands United Party - 1978 - Prime minister - Foreign minister - Governor-general

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