Ezekiel Alebua (June 1946 – 7 August 2022) was the third Prime Minister of the

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from 1 December 1986 until 28 March 1989. He served as Foreign Minister from 1981 to 1982. Alebua was the premier of

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province from 1998 to 2003, and antagonised some people in that area for not supporting moves to declare that province independent."Alebua denies tension involvement"

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News: 4 November 2011 In July 1988, Alebua was appointed to the

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, and was thus entitled to the prefix "

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" for life. He was wounded in an assassination attempt by

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's group on 1 June 2001. During his prominence in national politics during the 1980s, Alebua was a member of the conservative

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. Alebua died on 7 August 2022, following a prolonged illness.

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