The Solomon Islands Alliance for Change is a

political alliance A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

, led by the

Solomon Islands Liberal Party The Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) was a political party in the Solomon Islands. History The party was established as the Nationalist Party in 1975, before becoming the National Democratic Party (NADEPA).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political pa ...

, which was headed by

Bartholomew Ulufa'alu Bartholomew (Bart) Ulufa'alu (25 December 1950 – 25 May 2007) was the fifth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from 27 August 1997 to 30 June 2000.Solomon Islands Social Credit Party The Solomon Islands Social Credit Party ("Socreds") is a political party in the Solomon Islands that espouses social credit theories of monetary reform. It is led by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, previously leader of the People's Progressive ...

, the

, and the

Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement The Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA) is a political party in the Solomon Islands. At the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or mult ...

. It was originally called the Solomon Islands Coalition for Change. The name was changed to the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change, or SIAC. It campaigned as the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change Coalition. It won power in 1997 and began government reform.

Manasseh Sogavare Manasseh Damukana Sogavare (born 17 January 1955) is the sixth and current Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, serving since 24 April 2019. He previously held the office in 2000–2001, 2006—2007 and 2014–2017; in all he has served over ni ...

was a member, and served as Finance Minister in Ulufa'ulu's Government. At the

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, 5 December 2001, the alliance won 12 out of 50 seats. At the last elections in April 2006, it also won about 12 seats.

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