Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
John Garo | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister of State assisting the Prime Minister |
Primeminister: | Sir Allan Kemakeza |
Term Start: | 8 July 2004 |
Term End: | 4 April 2006 |
Office2: | Leader of the Opposition |
Term Start2: | 26 May 2003 |
Term End2: | 7 July 2004 |
Predecessor2: | Patteson Oti |
Successor2: | Francis Billy Hilly |
Constituency Mp5: | West Kwaio |
Term Start5: | 5 December 2001 |
Term End5: | 4 April 2006 |
Predecessor5: | George Luilamo |
Successor5: | Peter Tom |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1952 |
Birth Place: | Buma Village, Malaita Province |
Death Date: | 2007 |
John Garo (born 29 January 1952 in Buma Village, Malaita Province; died 2007[1]) was a Solomon Islands politician.
He was elected to the National Parliament as MP for West Kwaio in the December 2001 general election.[1] In May 2003, he was elected Leader of the Official Opposition. He was, at the time, an independent MP.[2] Two months later, as Leader of the Opposition, he supported Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza's motion requesting that an Australian-led international peacekeeping force be deployed in Solomon Islands, in the wake of armed ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal. This led to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).[3] In July 2004, he benefited from a Cabinet reshuffle, leaving the Opposition and joining the government as Minister of State assisting the Prime Minister.[1] [4]
He was not re-elected to Parliament in 2006,[5] and died the following year.