Augustine Geve

Augustine Geve was a Solomon Islands Catholic priest and politician.[1]

The Right Honourable

Augustine Geve

MP
Minister for Youth, Women and Sports
In office
7 December 2001 – 20 August 2002
Prime MinisterAllan Kemakeza
Member of Parliament
for South Guadalcanal
In office
5 December 2001 – 20 August 2002
Preceded byVictor Samuel Ngele
Succeeded byVictor Totu
Personal details
Died20 August 2002
Weather Coast, Guadalcanal

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 by-election, and he was succeeded by Victor Totu.[5]

References
  1. "Solomons' militants get life for minister's murder", Sydney Morning Herald, March 18, 2005
  2. "Members of the Seventh Parliament", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
  3. "Government clarifies August 30 holiday status" Archived September 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2002
  4. "Solomons' militants get life for minister's murder", Sydney Morning Herald, March 18, 2005
  5. "Members of the Seventh Parliament", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
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