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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Snyder_Rini > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Snyder_Rini.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder_Rini > Source revision: 1349725395 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|8th Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (1948–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Snyder Rini | image = Snyder Rini 2004.jpg | caption = Rini in 2004 | order = [Prime Minister of Solomon Islands](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Solomon_Islands) | term_start = 20 April 2006 | term_end = 4 May 2006 | deputy = | predecessor = [Allan Kemakeza](/source/Allan_Kemakeza) | successor = [Manasseh Sogavare](/source/Manasseh_Sogavare) | monarch = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) | governor-general = [Nathaniel Waena](/source/Nathaniel_Waena) | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [Telina](/source/Telina), British Solomon Islands (now in Western Province, Solomon Islands) | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|8|5|1948|7|27|df=y}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = [Association of Independent Members](/source/Association_of_Independent_Members){{update inline|date=May 2024}} }} '''Snyder Rini''' (27 July 1948 – 5 August 2025) was a Solomon Islands politician who was briefly the [prime minister of Solomon Islands](/source/prime_minister_of_Solomon_Islands) from April to May 2006 and was [Minister for Finance and Treasury](/source/Minister_of_Finance_of_the_Solomon_Islands) 2000–2001, 2002–2003, 2007–2010 and 2014–2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/209|title=Hon. Snyder Rini |website=National Parliament of Solomon Islands}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/849|title=Hon. Snyder Rini|website=National Parliament of Solomon Islands}} He represented the Marovo constituency in the [National Parliament](/source/National_Parliament_of_Solomon_Islands) from 1997 until his death. ==Early life and education== Rini was born in Telina village in [Marovo Lagoon](/source/Marovo_Lagoon) of [Western District](/source/Western_Province%2C_Solomon_Islands), [British Solomon Islands](/source/British_Solomon_Islands) on 27 July 1948.{{cite web |url=https://parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/209 |title=Hon. Snyder Rini |publisher=[National Parliament of the Solomon Islands](/source/National_Parliament_of_the_Solomon_Islands) |website=parliament.gov.sb |access-date=13 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703221247/https://parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/209 |archive-date=3 July 2022 }} He attended Kukudu Primary School and the [Seventh Day Adventist’s](/source/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church) Betikama Secondary School before going to [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) in 1970 to study at the Kambubu High School. He graduated with degrees in accounting from the [University of Papua New Guinea](/source/University_of_Papua_New_Guinea) in 1971 and the [University of Technology](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_University_of_Technology) in [Lae](/source/Lae) in 1974.{{Cite news |date=6 August 2025 |title=Former PM Snyder Rini dies, 77 |url=https://theislandsun.com.sb/former-pm-snyder-rini-dies-77/ |access-date=6 August 2025 |work=[The Island Sun](/source/The_Island_Sun_(Solomon_Islands))}} ==Politics== Rini was Permanent Secretary for the Ministry for Natural Resources in 1989 and was Chairman of Solomon Islands National Provident Fund from 1990 to 1996. He was also Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of National Planning and Development from 1994 to 1995 and Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from January 1997 to June 1997. He was first elected to the [National Parliament](/source/National_Parliament_of_the_Solomon_Islands) in the [August 1997 election](/source/1997_Solomon_Islands_general_election). Under Prime Minister [Manasseh Sogavare](/source/Manasseh_Sogavare), he served as [Minister of Finance and Treasury](/source/Minister_of_Finance_of_the_Solomon_Islands) from July 2000 to December 2001. Re-elected to Parliament in [December 2001](/source/2001_Solomon_Islands_general_election), he became [deputy prime minister](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Solomon_Islands) and Minister for National Planning & Development in that month; after one year, he became deputy prime minister and Minister for Finance and Treasury in December 2002, and he then became deputy prime minister and Minister for Education and Human Resources Development in mid-2003, remaining in that post until April 2006. Rini was re-elected to his seat in the [April 2006 parliamentary election](/source/2006_Solomon_Islands_general_election). Rini's subsequent election as prime minister by Parliament on 18 April 2006 caused riots as some claimed the election had been fixed, that Rini was linked to alleged corruption in the previous government and that Rini's government would be unduly influenced by [local Chinese](/source/overseas_Chinese) businessmen and one or both of the [mainland China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China) and [Republic of China (Taiwan)](/source/Republic_of_China) governments. Originally to be sworn in as prime minister on 19 April, this was delayed until the following day because of the riots and conducted without prior notice so as to avoid triggering further violence. In response to the violence, extra [Australian](/source/Law_enforcement_in_Australia), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_Police) and [Fijian police](/source/Law_enforcement_in_Fiji) and defence personnel were dispatched as part of the [Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands](/source/Regional_Assistance_Mission_to_Solomon_Islands) to try to enable his new government to regain control.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} On 26 April, Rini resigned immediately before facing a [motion of no confidence](/source/motion_of_no_confidence) in Parliament. The news of his resignation caused celebrations in the streets of [Honiara](/source/Honiara).{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4945090.stm |title=Embattled Solomons PM steps down |date=26 April 2006 |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |access-date=12 November 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10379008 |title=Rini resigns as Solomons PM |date=26 April 2006 |agency=[Reuters](/source/Reuters), [Newstalk ZB](/source/Newstalk_ZB) |work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |accessdate=12 November 2011}} His successor, [Manasseh Sogavare](/source/Manasseh_Sogavare), took office on 4 May 2006, defeating Rini's deputy prime minister, [Fred Fono](/source/Fred_Fono), in the vote to replace Rini.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} Fono, as [Leader of the Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Solomon_Islands)), named Rini as Shadow Minister of National Planning and Aid Coordination on 16 May 2006."Solomons opposition names shadow cabinet", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website (nl.newsbank.com), 16 May 2006. After Sogavare was defeated in a no-confidence vote in December 2007, Rini became Minister for Finance and Treasury under Prime Minister [Derek Sikua](/source/Derek_Sikua) on 21 December 2007.Joanna Sireheti and Joy Basi, [http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwid=1145 "Prime Minister Sikua Unveil Cabinet"], ''Solomon Times Online'', 22 December 2007. Following the replacement of Manasseh Sogavare as prime minister by [Rick Houenipwela](/source/Rick_Houenipwela) on 15 November 2017, Sogavare became [Minister of Finance of the Solomon Islands](/source/Minister_of_Finance_of_the_Solomon_Islands).{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} ==Death== Rini died on 5 August 2025, at the age of 77.{{cite web |title= Parliament pays tribute to Late Snyder Rini |url= https://www.solomonstarnews.com/parliament-pays-tribute-to-late-synder-rini/ |website=Solomon Star News |access-date=5 August 2025}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== * [http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=21489 Election as PM]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=23509 Riots in response] {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box| before=[Allan Kemakeza](/source/Allan_Kemakeza)| title=[Prime Minister of Solomon Islands](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Solomon_Islands)| years=18 April 2006 – 4 May 2006| after=[Manasseh Sogavare](/source/Manasseh_Sogavare)}} {{s-end}} {{SolomonPMs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rini, Snyder}} Category:1948 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Prime ministers of the Solomon Islands Category:Members of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands Category:People from the Western Province (Solomon Islands) Category:Association of Independent Members politicians Category:Ministers of finance of the Solomon Islands Category:Education ministers of the Solomon Islands Category:Deputy prime ministers of the Solomon Islands --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Snyder Rini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder_Rini) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder_Rini?action=history)). 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