Alfred Ghiro

The Right Honourable
Alfred Ghiro
MP
Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 March 2012?
Prime MinisterGordon Darcy Lilo
Preceded byBradley Tovosia
Minister for Public Service
In office
23 November 2011 – 1 March 2012?
Prime MinisterGordon Darcy Lilo
Preceded byRicky Houeniopwela
Succeeded byBradley Tovosia
Member of Parliament
for East Makira
In office
4 August 2010 – April 2019
Preceded byDavid Sitai
Succeeded byCharles Maefai
Personal details
Born (1968-08-13) 13 August 1968 (age 56)
Baro, Makira
Political partyDemocratic Party

Alfred Ghiro (born August 13, 1968)[1] is a Solomon Islands politician.

He was born in Baro, Makira and began his career in national politics when he was elected MP for East Makira in the August 2010 general election, standing as a candidate for the Democratic Party. The Democrats obtained thirteen seats out of fifty, making them by far the largest party in the National Parliament, but their leader Steve Abana failed to obtain the support of a parliamentary majority after the election, and thus became Leader of the Opposition to Prime Minister Danny Philip's government. Appointing his Shadow Cabinet, Abana made Ghiro Shadow Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional strengthening.[1][2][3][4]

At some point, Ghiro defected to the parliamentary majority, becoming a government backbencher, despite being a member of the main opposition party. He subsequently defected back to the Opposition, accompanying several government ministers, on August 20, 2011.[5][6] When those ministers rejoined the government the following month, he followed suit on February 21.[7]

When Gordon Darcy Lilo replaced Philip as Prime Minister in November 2011, he appointed Ghiro as Minister for Public Service.[8] On or around 1 March 2012, Lilo reshuffled Ghiro to the position of Minister for Fisheries, whereby he exchanged portfolios with Bradley Tovosia.[9]

Ghiro lost his seat of East Maikra in the 2019 general election to Charles Maefai, an independent.

  1. ^ a b Official biography, National Parliament of Solomon Islands
  2. ^ 2010 election data Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
  3. ^ "SIDP rises to top" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, August 14, 2010
  4. ^ "Abana is new Opposition leader" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, September 1, 2010
  5. ^ "Ministers walkout" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, January 21, 2010
  6. ^ "Four MPs Desert Government", Solomon Times, January 21, 2010
  7. ^ "Ghiro switched: More opposition join govt" Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, February 22, 2011
  8. ^ "Ten more ministers sworn in" Archived November 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 23 November 2011
  9. ^ "Youngest minister prepares for challenge" Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 8 March 2012