Hypolite Taremae

The Right Honourable
Hypolite Taremae
MP
Minister for National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 August 2010
Prime Minister Danny Philip (until 16 November 2011);
then Gordon Darcy Lilo
Preceded by Sam Iduri
Member of Parliament
for Central Makira
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 August 2010
Preceded by Bernard Ghiro
Personal details
Born April 4, 1968
Bagohane Village, Makira Province
Political party Independent

Hypolite Taremae (born April 4, 1968 in Bagohane Village, Makira Province[1]) is a Solomon Islands politician.

After graduating from the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education, he worked as a teacher.[2]

His career in national politics began when he was elected to Parliament as the member for Central Makira in the August 2010 general election, standing as an independent candidate. He was then appointed Minister for National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace in Prime Minister Danny Philip's Cabinet, in the context of the country's efforts towards national reconciliation and unity after the ethnic violence of the late 1990s and early 2000s.[3][4] When Gordon Darcy Lilo replaced Philip as Prime Minister in November 2011, Taremae retained his position in government.[5]

In January 2012, Taremae was assaulted in a street one evening around midnight, by an unidentified man who punched him on the nose before escaping in a car. The reason for the assault is not known. Suffering from "severe bruises to his nose, eyes and head", Taremae underwent a three hour operation in hospital.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
  2. ↑ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
  3. ↑ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
  4. ↑ 2010 election data, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
  5. ↑ "Abana, Maelanga likely candidates for DPM", Solomon Star, 21 November 2011
  6. ↑ "MP survives brutal attack", Solomon Star, 9 January 2012