Augustine Geve
| The Right Honourable Augustine Geve MP |
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| Minister for Youth, Women and Sports | |
| In office 7 December 2001 – 20 August 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Allan Kemakeza |
| Member of Parliament for South Guadalcanal |
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| In office 5 December 2001 – 20 August 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Victor Samuel Ngele |
| Succeeded by | Victor Totu |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 20 August 2002 Weather Coast, Guadalcanal |
Augustine Geve was a Solomon Islands Catholic priest and politician.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament in the December 2001 general election, as MP for South Guadalcanal, at the time of the violent ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal.[2] He was then appointed Minister for Youth, Women and Sports in Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza's Cabinet.[3]
On August 20, 2002, he was assassinated by Ronnie Cawa, Francis Lela and warlord Harold Keke "on a remote beach" on Guadalcanal. The three men were convicted for the crime and several other murders in March 2005 by High Court judge (and future Governor General) Frank Kabui, who sentenced them to life in jail.[4] Geve's vacant seat in Parliament was filled in a bye-election, and he was succeeded by Victor Totu.[5]
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ "Solomons' militants get life for minister's murder", Sydney Morning Herald, March 18, 2005
- ↑ "Members of the Seventh Parliament", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ↑ "Government clarifies August 30 holiday status", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2002
- ↑ "Solomons' militants get life for minister's murder", Sydney Morning Herald, March 18, 2005
- ↑ "Members of the Seventh Parliament", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
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- People from Guadalcanal Province
- Government ministers of the Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands Roman Catholic priests
- 20th-century Roman Catholic priests
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- Murdered Roman Catholic priests
- Assassinated Solomon Islands politicians
- People murdered in the Solomon Islands
- Year of birth missing
