Jimson Fiau Tanangada
Jimson Fiau Tanangada | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2024 | |
Jimson Fiau Tanangada is a Solomon Islands Member of Parliament (MP) who currently serves as the Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services. Tanangada previously served as the Minister for Rural Development and is the current president of the Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) party.[1]
Prior to his political career he worked as a school teacher at a Kolombangara high school.[2]
He is married to Lanelle Tanangada.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit]Tanangada was first elected to parliament in 2014 as the MP for Gizo Kolombangara constituency in Western Province. He was subsequently appointed as Minister for Rural Development in 2014.[2]
On 30 November 2017, he was removed from his position as an MP following a High Court ruling that he had bribed voters during the 2014 national elections.[3] He was replaced by his wife, Lanelle Tanangada.[citation needed]
In the April 2024 national election, Tanangada was again elected as MP for Gizo Kolombangara. [4] He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Servcies on 6 May 2024. A position he continues to hold today.
Controversies
[edit]Two months prior to the 2024 Solomons national election, Tanangada and Brandt Sogavare (son of then finance minister Manasseh Sogavare) were reported to have established a Singapore-based shell company, Our International Development Fund Pte Ltd.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b cpiringi7 (2024-11-22). "O.U.R. Party Figures Set Up China-Linked Overseas Company Months Before Election". In-depth Solomons. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Times, Solomon (21 November 2014). "Lilo defeated in major upset". Solomon Times. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ Star News, Solomon (2017-12-01). "Tanangada loses Gizo/Kolombangara seat". Solomon Star News. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
- ^ "Declared Winners of the 2024 Joint Election". SIEC. Retrieved 2025-07-10.