Allan Kemakeza
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Sir Allan Kemakeza KBE (born 1951) was Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands. His People's Alliance Party won 20 of 49 seats in the parliamentary elections of 5 December 2001, becoming the largest party in parliament. He was elected by parliament on 17 December 2001, with 29 out of 50 votes, and sworn in on 19 December 2001. In April 2006 following the general elections, the Parliament elected the former Deputy PM Snyder Rini to succeed him, a decision which caused enormous civil unrest.
Three months before his electoral victory, Kemakeza was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister by Manasseh Sogavare following allegation of corruption. Further controversy surfaced when he received SI$850,000 as part of a program compensating individuals who lost property during the Civil War. Kemakeza denies the allegations of corruption.
Before he became Prime Minister, there was much turmoil in the Solomon Islands because of rivalry between militias from the various islands, which reached its height in June 2000, when a coup took place. Problems still continue today, but Kemakeza's government allowed the international community, including peacekeepers, to help solve the problems.
An Australian led peace keeping force named RAMSI (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands) is in place, based in Honiara. He has attracted some controversy through his 2005 visit to Japan's Yasukuni War Shrine, which honors Japanese WWII combatants and 14 convicted war criminals.
On 5 April 2006, another parliamentary election was held on the Solomon Islands and the People's Alliance Party lost more than 10 seats. Kemakeza soon announced his resignation, but he remains in Parliament and one of his allies, deputy prime minister Snyder Rini was elected to succeed him. Kemakeza was appointed leader of the governing coalition and it seemed that he will still have much power within the government. His term as prime minister was to end on 19 April 2006, but he remained in office until the following day because of riots over Rini's controversial election.
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