Job Dudley Tasinga, CSI (born July 18, 1951) is a member of the
National Parliament of the Solomon Islands
The National Parliament of Solomon Islands has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in Constituencies in Solomon Islands, 50 single-seat constituencies.
It is presided by a Speaker of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, Speaker, cu ...
. He lives on
New Georgia Island
New Georgia, with an area of , is the largest of the islands in Western Province, Solomon Islands, and the 200th-largest island in the world.
Geography
New Georgia island is located in the New Georgia Group, an archipelago including most o ...
, in the
Western Province
Western Province or West Province may refer to:
*Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
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, and was first elected in 1984.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993.
On 6 December 2011, he was elected unopposed to the position of deputy Speaker of Parliament, following
Namson Tran
Namson Tran (born 3 December 1968 in Vietnam) is a Solomon Islands businessman and politician.
Born in Vietnam, Tran moved first to Vanuatu then to Solomon Islands, where he married a Solomon Islander and became a naturalised citizen.
He wor ...
's resignation from that position. (The
Speaker
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Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
was
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 2010Silas Tausinga."Youngest minister prepares for challenge" , ''Solomon Star'', 8 March 2012