Augustine Geve (died 2002) was a

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and politician. He was first elected to

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in the December 2001 general election, as MP for South Guadalcanal, at the time of the violent ethnic conflict on

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. He was then appointed Minister for Youth, Women and Sports in Prime Minister

Allan Kemakeza Allan Kemakeza (born 11 September 1950) was the seventh Prime Minister of Solomon Islands from 2001 to 2006. He represented Savo/Russel Constituency in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands from 1989 to 2010 assassinated Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

by Ronnie Cawa, Francis Lela and

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Harold Keke Harold Keke (born 1971) is a Solomon Islands warlord involved with the Guadalcanal Revolutionary Army (GRA). Biography The grandson of one of the founders of the South Seas Evangelical Church in Australia, Keke was raised a Catholic in the Sol ...

"on a remote beach" on Guadalcanal. The three men were convicted for the crime and several other murders in March 2005 by High Court judge (and future

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)

Frank Kabui Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui, GCMG, CSI, OBE KStJ (born 20 April 1946) was the Governor General of the Solomon Islands from 7 July 2009 to 7 July 2019. He is also a trained judge, having been his country's first law graduate in 1975, and is a ...

, who sentenced them to life in jail. Geve's vacant seat in Parliament was filled in a

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, and he was succeeded by Victor Totu."Members of the Seventh Parliament"
National Parliament of Solomon Islands

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