Solomon Islands politician (born 1964)
Douglas Ete (born 4 August 1964[1]) is a Solomon Islands politician.
After studying at the University of the South Pacific and at Massey University (New Zealand), he worked as Chief Executive Officer at the National Referral Hospital in Solomon Islands.[2]
His career in national politics began when he was elected to Parliament as the member for East Honiara in the 4 August 2010 general election, standing for the Reformed Democratic Party. He was then appointed Minister of Public Service in Prime Minister Danny Philip's Cabinet.[3][4] A Cabinet reshuffle on 8 December 2010, after the sacking of two ministers, saw Ete promoted Minister of Forestry.[5]
On 20 January 2011, Ete resigned from Cabinet, citing dissatisfaction with the Cabinet being "manipulated by one or two people", and joined Steve Abana's Opposition.[6][7]
A few days later, he claimed to have been shot at in Honiara, at night, along with Bodo Dettke (a fellow MP who had also left the government) and said he had been "targeted for having left the government". The police investigated the incident, but stated Ete and Dettke had not been present at the scene of the shooting, and had therefore not been shot at.[8][9] The police then released a media statement describing Dettke and Ete's claim as "incorrect and misleading".[10]
On 15 December 2014, following a general election, Ete was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs by new Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.[11][12]
References
- ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ^ 2010 election data Archived 20 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
- ^ "Bodo picks up fisheries" Archived 11 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 9 December 2010
- ^ "Ministers walkout" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 21 January 2011
- ^ "Four MPs Desert Government", Solomon Times, 21 January 2011
- ^ "Solomons MPs claim gun attacks", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2011
- ^ "Solomons police investigate firearms incident but deny MPs were at scene", Radio New Zealand International, 1 February 2011
- ^ "Solomon MPs 'misleading' over shooting say police" Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Australia, 3 February 2011
- ^ "PM Names Cabinet Line Up", Solomon Times, 16 December 2014
- ^ "Ete appointed DPM" Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Times, 16 December 2014
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