Catherine Adifaka

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Catherine Adifaka is a senior government official in the Solomon Islands. She was the first woman to be appointed as the Solomon Islands' Public Service Commissioner. [1]

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Adifaka was appointed to the Constitutional Congress of the Solomon Islands in 2007. [2]

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References

  1. "Pacific Media Centre niusblog". pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  2. "Membership in the Constitutional Congress Named". Solomon Times Online. Retrieved 2018-07-29.