Peter Shanel Agovaka

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Peter Shanel Agovaka (born November 1, 1959 in Kavoa, Central Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province ) is a Solomonic politician of the Kadere Party , who was Foreign Minister between 2010 and 2012.

Life

Peter Shanel Agovaka studied electrical engineering at Telecom College , the University of Technology (UniTech) in Papua New Guinea and the North Sydney Institute of Engineering , from which he graduated with a diploma. He then worked for the mining company Gold Ridge Mining Limited . In the elections of April 5, 2006, Agovaka was elected for the first time as a non- party member of the national parliament and has been a member of this as a representative of the constituency of Central Guadalcanal since then, in the elections of August 4, 2010 as a candidate of the Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Partyand 19 November 2014 was re-elected as a non-party in this constituency. At the beginning of his political career, he was Minister for Provincial Government and Constituency Development in the cabinet of Prime Minister Snyder Rini from April 20 to May 4, 2006 . In the subsequent second Cabinet of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare he served between May 4, 2006 and 20 December 2007 as Minister of Trade, Industry and Employment (Minister for commerce, industries, and employment) . From January to September 25, 2008, he was leader of the non-party members of the National Parliament.

In the parliamentary elections on August 4, 2010, the Democratic Party won eleven of the 50 seats, smaller parties ten seats and non-party 28 seats. As a result, on August 25, 2010, the National Parliament elected Danny Philip as the new Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands with 26 votes, while his opponent Steve Abana received 23 votes. On August 27, 2010, Peter Shanel Agovaka was sworn in as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs & External Trade and Manasseh Maelanga as Minister of the Interior. On August 30, 2010, Gordon Darcy Lilo was sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury and the rest of the Cabinet. On November 10, 2011, Treasury Secretary Gordon Darcy Lilo was sacked by Prime Minister Philip. On November 11, 2011 Prime Minister Philip resigned, after which Lilo was elected Prime Minister himself on November 16, 2011. In the election by the national parliament , Lilo was able to prevail with 29 against 20 votes for Milner Tozaka . On November 21, 2011, Lilo appointed Rick Houenipwela as the new Minister of Finance and Treasury. On November 22, 2011, Lilo presented his further cabinet, in which Peter Shanel Agovaka was confirmed as Foreign Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Manasseh Maelanga as Minister of the Interior. He was dismissed by Prime Minister Lilo on February 9, 2012, whereupon Clay Forau Soalaoi was sworn in as the new Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on February 28, 2012.

He was then chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Human Resources Training Committee from March 23, 2012 to February 8, 2014, as well as a member of the Parliamentary House Committee , which included the chairmen of the parliamentary committees. In addition, he was a member of the Public Accounts Committee from September 12, 2012 to September 8, 2014 . On December 9, 2014, the national parliament elected Manasseh Sogavare for the third time as the new Prime Minister, who was able to prevail with 31 votes against 19 for Jeremiah Manele . On December 15, 2014, Milner Tozaka was sworn in as Foreign Minister and Douglas Ete as Minister of the Interior. On December 23, 2014, Snyder Rini was sworn in as Minister of Finance, Peter Shanel Agovaka as Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Service, and the rest of the Cabinet. In the course of a restructuring of the Sogavare cabinet, he took over the post of Minister of Communication & Aviation on December 23, 2015 and held this position until December 6, 2017. Since November 16, 2017, he has held the post of Minister for Communications and Civil Aviation in Prime Minister Rick “Hou” Houenipwela’s cabinet.

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  1. ↑ Solomon Islands: August 4, 2010 (rulers.org)
  2. ↑ a b c Solomon Islands: Foreign Ministers (rulers.org)
  3. ↑ Solomon Islands: November 10, 2011 (rulers.org)
  4. ↑ Solomon Islands: February 6, 2012
  5. ↑ Solomon Islands: December 9, 2014
  6. ↑ Cabinet Manasseh Sogavare (MINISTERS OF HER MAJESTY'S CABINET. As at 19th July 2016)
  7. ↑ Cabinet Rick Houenipwela (MINISTERS OF HER MAJESTY'S CABINET. As at 7th December 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Agovaka, Peter Shanel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Solomon politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kavoa, Central Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province