The People's Progressive Party (PPP) was a political party in the Solomon Islands.
The PPP was established in February 1974. It was initially led by Solomon Mamaloni and was estimated to have around six members of the Governing Council. [1] Later in the year, an election was held for the first Chief Minister. Mamaloni defeated Benedict Kinika of the United Solomon Islands Party and formed a cabinet of PPP members and independents. [2] He resigned in November 1975 after an inquiry into action taken without consulting his cabinet, and when he was re-elected in December he formed a cabinet with five USIPA members, two from the PPP and one independent. [3]
Following the formation of the new government and prior to the 1976 general elections, the PPP and USIPA both disintegrated. [4] In 1979 it merged with the Rural Alliance Party to form the People's Alliance Party. [5]
A party of the same name existed briefly from 2001 until 2006, led by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. It contested the 2001 general election and won 3 seats.
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Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is a country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. It is directly adjacent to Papua New Guinea to the northwest, Australia to the southwest, New Caledonia and Vanuatu to the southeast, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, and Tuvalu to the east, and Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia to the north. It has a total area of 28,896 square kilometres, and a population of 734,887 according to the official estimates for mid 2023. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands.
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