{{Short description|Solomon Islands politician (died 2002)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = Augustine Geve | honorific_suffix = MP<!-- Do not insert 'PC' for Privy Council. This is reserved only for peers --> | image = | office = Minister for Youth, Women and Sports | prime_minister = Allan Kemakeza | term_start = 7 December 2001 | term_end = 20 August 2002 | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | prime_minister2 = | predecessor2 = | office3 = | deputy3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | prime_minister3 = | office4 = | leader4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | constituency_MP5 = South Guadalcanal | term_start5 = 5 December 2001 | term_end5 = 20 August 2002 | predecessor5 = Victor Samuel Ngele | successor5 = Victor Totu | majority5 = | constituency_MP6 = | parliament6 = | term_start6 = | term_end6 = | predecessor6 = | successor6 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 20 August 2002 | death_place = Weather Coast, Guadalcanal | death_cause = Assassination | party = | alma_mater = | website = }}
'''Augustine Geve''' (died August 20, 2002) was a Solomon Islands Catholic priest and politician.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Solomons-militants-get-life-for-ministers-murder/2005/03/18/1111086001328.html "Solomons' militants get life for minister's murder"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', March 18, 2005</ref>
== Life == He was first elected to Parliament in the December 2001 general election, as MP for South Guadalcanal, at the time of the violent ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal.<ref>[http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/193 "Members of the Seventh Parliament"], National Parliament of Solomon Islands</ref> He was then appointed Minister for Youth, Women and Sports in Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza's Cabinet.<ref>[https://www.qppstudio.net/public-holidays-news/2002/solomon_islands_003459.htm "Government clarifies August 30 holiday status"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919064938/https://www.qppstudio.net/public-holidays-news/2002/solomon_islands_003459.htm |date=September 19, 2013 }}, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2002</ref>
== Death == On August 20, 2002, Geve was assassinated by Ronnie Cawa, Francis Lela and warlord Harold Keke "on a remote beach" on Guadalcanal. The three men were convicted for the crime and several other murders in March 2005 by High Court judge (and future Governor General) Frank Kabui, who sentenced them to life in jail.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Solomons-militants-get-life-for-ministers-murder/2005/03/18/1111086001328.html "Solomons' militants get life for minister's murder"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', March 18, 2005</ref> Geve's vacant seat in Parliament was filled in a by-election, and he was succeeded by Victor Totu.<ref>[http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/193 "Members of the Seventh Parliament"], National Parliament of Solomon Islands</ref>
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