The Hon Jeremiah Manele

The Honourable Jeremiah Manele was elected as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands on 2 May 2024. 

Prior to his appointment, the Hon Prime Minister served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade from 2019-2024 after being re-elected into Parliament for a second time. He also served as Parliamentary Wing Leader of the Democratic Alliance Party during this time. 

The Hon Prime Minister served as Minister for Development Planning and Aid Coordinator from 2017-2018 and was Leader of the Official Opposition Group in Parliament from 2015-2017.

The Hon Prime Minister was first elected to Parliament in 2014 as the Member of Parliament for the Hograno/Kia/Havulei Constituency. 

He has had a distinguished career as a civil servant serving the Government of the Solomon Islands in various capacities including: as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination from mid 2012-2014;  as Secretary to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2008-mid 2012; as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade from 2006-2007; as Deputy Secretary to the Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister from 2004-2005 and as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in 2003.

The Hon Prime Minister also served at the Solomon Islands Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York – first as Counsellor from 1997-2000 and then as Charge d’Affaires from 2001-2002. 

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade as a Desk Officer in the Protocol Division in 1993. He began his career in the civil service as a Social Science and Economics Teacher at Selwyn College from 1992 to mid 1993.

The Hon Prime Minister holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Papua New Guinea and a Certificate in Foreign Service and International Relations from Oxford University.