FOLLOWING the election of the country’s next Prime Minister (PM), the appointment of the country’s next Governor General (GG) is up next.
Sir David Vunagi is the current Governor General (GG) and his term will come to an end mid this year.
He was appointed into office on July 7th 2019 and will complete his full term in office within the next two months.
A close source said, a new GG will be appointed soon after the election of the prime minister.
GG oversaw the election of the country’s new prime minister on Thursday.
Jeremiah Manele came out the winner.
The source said, once the election is over, the next event will be the appointment of a new Governor General.
“Nomination is expected to start next week or following once the new government settles down.
“A new GG is always recommended by the ruling government so we will just wait and see,” the source said, adding the current GG also had health issues.
Sir Vunagi just returned from Australia after undergoing medical check.
Back ground life’s history according to Wikipedia.
Sir Vunagi was born 5 September 1951 and is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia from 2009 to 2015.
Vunagi was born in Samasodu, Isabel Province. He studied at KGVI Secondary School, from 1968 to 1973.
He achieved a Diploma of Education in Science at the University of the South Pacific in 1976, and a M.B. of Education in Biology at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1982.
Before serving as a priest, he was a teacher at the government school at KGVI and at the Selwyn College of the Church of Melanesia.
Vunagi earned a Bachelor of Theology at St John’s College, Auckland, in 1990.
He earned a Master of Theology at the Vancouver School of Theology in 1998.
He was a teacher at the Bishop Patteson Theological College Kohimarama, in Solomon Islands, in 1992.
Vunagi later moved to Canada, where he was assistant priest at St. Anselm’s Parish in the Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia, from 1996 to 1998.
He returned afterwards to the Solomon Islands, where he was a priest in the Diocese of Ysabel.
In 1999, he went back to teaching at the Selwyn College, where he was principal.
He became Mission Secretary at the Provincial Headquarters of the Church of Melanesia, in 2000.
Vunagi was elected the same year Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu, which he was until 2009.
He was consecrated as a bishop and installed as the third Bishop of Temotu on 6 May 2001.
He was elected the 5th Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of Melanesia on 4 March 2009, in a Provincial electoral board, held in Honiara, being enthroned on 31 May 2009.
He attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, from 19–23 April 2010, and was also represented at the Global South Conference that took place in Bangkok, from 18–20 July 2012.
Archbishop Vunagi left office on 6 September 2015, in a ceremony that took place at St. Barnabas Cathedral, in Honiara, attended by the nine bishops of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
He was succeeded as acting Primate by Nathan Tome, Bishop of Guadalcanal, the senior bishop of the province, until the election of the new Primate on 12 February 2016.
In June 2019, he became the only candidate for the GG post and officially took office on 7 July 2019.
By MOFFAT MAMU
