John Moffat Fugui

John Moffat Fugui (born September 9, 1961 in Fourau, Malaita Province[1]) is a former Solomon Islands politician.

The Right Honourable
John Moffat Fugui
MP
Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
In office
27 August 2010 – 22 October 2012
Prime MinisterDanny Philip
Gordon Darcy Lilo
Succeeded byBradley Tovosia
Ambassador of Solomon Islands to China
Assumed office
22 May 2021
Preceded byPosition established
Member of Parliament
for Central Honiara
Assumed office
4 August 2010
Preceded byNelson Ne'e
Personal details
Born (1961-09-09) September 9, 1961
Fourau, Malaita Province
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Hawai'i

He obtained his first Master's degree at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand,[2] then two more at the University of Hawai'i in the United States, where he was enrolled in a PhD program. He subsequently worked as a political adviser to the Solomon Islands government.[1]

His career in national politics began when he was elected to Parliament as the member for Central Honiara (the capital city) in the August 2010 general election, standing as an independent candidate. He was then appointed Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology in Prime Minister Danny Philip's Cabinet.[1][3] When Gordon Darcy Lilo replaced Philip as Prime Minister in November 2011, Fugui retained his position in government.[4]

On 22 October 2012, Fugui left the government. He announced that he had resigned because he had had no permanent secretary for seven months; Prime Minister Lilo stated that he had sacked him for siding with the Opposition.[5] Lilo replaced him with Bradley Tovosia.[6]

Following the 2014 general election, in which he retained his seat, Fugui was elected Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament, on 17 December. On the 14th of February 2020 Fugui was stripped of his title as a Member of Parliament for Central Honiara Constituency due to evidence of misconduct.[7] On 22 May 2021, Fugui was appointed the first Solomon Islands Ambassador to China.[8]

References
  1. Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
  2. Moffat, J. F. (1929). "An investigation into the variation with temperature of the normal electrode potential of zinc and of the activity coefficients of zinc sulphate solutions". doi:10.26021/9055. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 2010 election data Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
  4. "Abana, Maelanga likely candidates for DPM" Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 21 November 2011
  5. "I resigned, says Fugui" Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 23 October 2012
  6. "Ministers Fired and Replaced", Solomon Times, 23 October 2012
  7. On the 14th of February 2020 Fugui was stripped of his title as a Member of Parliament for Central Honiara Constituency due to evidence of missconduct."Nasiu elected Speaker, Fugui as Deputy" Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Island Sun, 18 December 2014
  8. "外交部礼宾司司长洪磊接受所罗门群岛首任驻华大使递交国书副本" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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