Charles Dausabea (21 August 1960Biography

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– 14 October 2019)"Solomon Islands' Charles Dausabea dies at 59"

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, 14 October 2019 was a

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politician.

Early life

After studying at the Honiara Technical Institute in the late 1970s, he attended the Police Training School, and then a police academy in

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. In the 1980s, while he was serving in the police, he was "convicted of forgery and

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", and gaoled."'Solomons' most dangerous' loses menace in dock"
''The Age'', 26 April 2006

Political career

Early career

Entering politics, he sat on the Honiara Town Council in 1990, then entered the

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as MP for

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in a by-election on 19 December 1990, following the resignation of sitting MP

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 Mamaloni Solomon Sunaone Mamaloni (23 January 1943 – 11 January 2000) was a Solomon Islands politician. He was the first Chief Minister of the islands, and later served as Prime Minister for three spells in the 1980s and 1990s. Biography Mamaloni was ...

subsequently appointed him Chief Whip. He lost his seat to John Kauluae in the 1993 Solomon Islands general election, 1993 general election, but 1997 Solomon Islands general election, regained it in August 1997. After losing it to Simeon Bouro in the 2001 Solomon Islands general election, 2001 election, he 2006 Solomon Islands general election, regained it once more in April 2006. He was one of the leaders of the Malaita Eagle Force during the History of the Solomon Islands#Civil war, inter-ethnic violence in which the country descended into chaos from 1999 to 2003. As such, he "played a key role in the 2000 coup", in which the Eagle Force kidnapped and overthrew Prime Minister

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. On 5 December 2007, Sogavare appointed Dausabea as Minister for Public Service. The appointment was short-lived; the Sogavare government was brought down by a motion of no confidence on 20 December. Dausabea lost his seat again in 2008 after being convicted of fraud and gaoled for eighteen months. In 2012 he became the leader of the Malaita Ma’asina Forum, a movement which campaigns for Malaita Province to obtain full political autonomy in relation to the national government."Ma'asina Forum Wants Independence for Malaita"
''Solomon Times'', 7 April 2008

Death

He died in October 2019 "after a long illness".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dausabea, Charles 1960 births 2019 deaths Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands Government ministers of the Solomon Islands People from Malaita Province