Sir Moses Pitakaka | |
Honorific-Suffix: | GCMG |
Office: | 3rd Governor General of Solomon Islands |
Primeminister: | Sir Francis Billy Hilly Solomon Mamaloni Bartholomew Ulufa'alu |
Term Start: | 7 July 1994 |
Term End: | 7 July 1999 |
Predecessor: | Sir George Lepping |
Successor: | Sir John Lapli |
Birth Date: | 1945 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Choiseul Province, British Solomon Islands |
Death Place: | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
Spouse: | Lady Lois Pitakaka |
Sir Moses Puibangara Pitakaka GCMG (24 January 1945 – 25 December 2011) served as the third Governor-General of the Solomon Islands from 7 July 1994 until 7 July 1999. Pitakaka was from Choiseul Province.[1] His widow is Lady Lois Pitikaka.[2] [3]
On 15 June 1999, Pitakaka declared a state of emergency after an outbreak of ethnic violence killed four on Guadalcanal.[4]
He died at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara early on the morning of Christmas Day 2011. He received a state funeral on 28 December.