John Moffat Fugui

John Moffat Fugui (born September 9, 1961 in Fourau, Malaita Province ) is a Solomon political scientist and politician of the United Democratic Party , who was, among other things, several times minister and deputy speaker of the national parliament .

Life

Studies, political scientist and government adviser

After attending school in 1979, John Moffat Fugui began working as a bank clerk at the Commonwealth Bank of Solomon Islands and then in 1981 with a government scholarship to study political science at the University of the South Pacific in Suva , which he obtained from January 1982 with a bilateral scholarship from New Zealand for students from islands in the Pacific Ocean at the University of Canterbury at Christchurch . There he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA Political Science) in 1986 and a Master of Arts (MA Political Science) in 1988 at the chair of Professor Terence Wesley-Smith with a master's thesis on The Bougainville Crisis: A view from Solomon Islands , in the he dealt with the political development in what is now the autonomous region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea .

After his return to the Solomon Islands Fugui was 1988-1990 adviser to the think tank of the Alliance Party and at the same time from 1989 to the spring of 1992 Political analyst and consultant for political and constitutional affairs in the office of Prime Minister Solomon Mamaloni . During this time he dealt with the government's program of action, but also with the work of parliamentary committees and the parliament's rules of procedure. He also advised ministries and provincial governments as well as assisting in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank . With another scholarship, he began another postgraduate course in 1992 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa , which he completed in the spring of 1994 with another Master of Arts (MA Pacific Islands Studies) at the chair of Professor Keith Jackson with a master's thesis with the title Politics and Political Parties in the Solomon Islands: An Assessment Completed. On his return in 1995 he worked part-time as a teacher at the King George Sixth School and as a tutor in history and politics at the Center of the University of the South Pacific in Honiara . In 1995 he also worked as a scientist in the research department of the National Parliament.

At the same time, he began in August 1995 with a grant from the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), then from 1996 from the Commonwealth of Nations and the Fulbright Program, his doctoral studies to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and completed these studies in 2001. However , he had not completed his dissertation with the title Rethinking State, Development, and Democratization in Solomon Islands at the chair of Professor Deane Neubauer and thus had not yet obtained his doctorate (All but dissertation) . In addition, from 1996 to 1997 he worked on the recruitment and admissions committee of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he also worked as a teaching assistant in the chairs of Professors Geoffrey White and Tisha Hickson in the 1997 summer semester.

After his return, Fugui worked part-time as a tutor for democracy and democratization at the Center of the University of the South Pacific in Honiara in the summer semester 2001 and from 2001 to 2006 political advisor to Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza . He was then secretary to the opposition leader in the national parliament between 2006 and 2007 and subsequently became secretary for government work in the office of Prime Minister Derek Sikua in 2008 .

MP and Minister

John Moffat Fugui was first elected a member of the National Parliament in the August 4, 2010 elections and has been a member of the National Parliament as a representative of the Central Honiara constituency since then, being re-elected in the November 19, 2014 elections. On August 27, 2010, Fugui took over as Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology in the cabinet of Prime Minister Danny Philip . He held this ministerial office from November 21, 2011 to October 18, 2012 in the subsequent cabinet of Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo .

While he was a member of parliament, he was a member of the Education and Human Resources Training Committee from March 6, 2013 to September 8, 2014, and during that time, between April 25 and August 8, 2013, he was also Chairman of the special Committee on Kurzbusstrecken in Honiara (special Select Committee on the Short bus Routes in Honiara) . On December 17, 2014, he became Deputy Speaker of Parliament and held this position until October 28, 2015. He was also a member of the Health and Medical Services Committee and the Environment and Conservation Committee between December 22, 2014 and October 28, 2015 .

On October 28, 2015, he was appointed Minister for Education and Human Resources Development in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and held that ministerial office until August 4, 2017. He then served in this Cabinet between August 4 and October 28, 2017 as Minister for Public Service . On November 6, 2017, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was ousted by a parliamentary vote of no confidence with 27 to 23 votes. On November 15, 2017, John Moffat Fugui ran for his successor as Prime Minister, but was defeated by Rick Houenipwela with 16 to 33 votes .

Publications

• Solomon Islands 2000: A review , Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs, Fall, 2001
• Solomon Islands: Francis Billy Hilly - the Prime Minister , Leader of Nations, Current Publishing Company, Pennsylvania, 1994
• Solomon Islands 1993: A review , Contemporary Pacific: a Journal of Island Affairs (6) 2: 457-467, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
• Solomon Islands 1992: A review , Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs, 4 (2): 400-03, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the National Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cabinet Manasseh Sogavare (MINISTERS OF HER MAJESTY'S CABINET. As at 19th July 2016)
2. ↑ Solomon Islands: November 6, 2017 (rulers.org)