David Sitai (born 1948)
[David Sitai]
National Parliament of the Solomon Islands is a politician in the
Solomon Islands.
Biography
Sitai first ran for a seat in the
National Parliament when he ran against incumbent MP
Benedict Kinika in the
East Makira constituency
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in the
1980 general elections. Although he lost to Kinika, he stood against him again in the
1984 elections, and was elected to Parliament. He was subsequently re-elected in
1989
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,
1993
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,
1997
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,
and
2006
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. He served as Minister for National Planning and Development from 1994 to 1996
[ and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from September 1996 to August 1997 and from July 2001 to December 2001. In July 1997, he signed the Basic Border Agreement between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands together with the former's Foreign Minister, ]Kilroy Genia
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* Kilroy (surname)
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, at the Parliament building in Honiara
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.["Solomon Islands-Papua New Guinea treaty signed after two-day delay", Radio New Zealand International (nl.newsbank.com), July 10, 1997.]
In the 2010 elections he was defeated by Alfred Ghiro
Alfred Ghiro (born August 13, 1968)[Official biography](_blank)
National Parliament of Solomon Islands .
References
1948 births
Living people
Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands
People from Makira-Ulawa Province
Foreign Ministers of the Solomon Islands
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