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for the position of prime minister in 1997. Ulufa'alu was faced with difficult economic problems: debts were high, government spending was out of control, and logging was occurring at an unsustainable rate. He set about implementing much-needed reforms to improve government financial management and
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Ulufa'alu is generally regarded as having performed well as
Finance Minister and perhaps because this distracted him from attending to his constituency, he was defeated in 1984. Out of office, he went into business and headed up both the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and the Farmers'
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The Ulufa'alu government struggled to respond to the complexities of this evolving conflict. In late 1999, the government declared a four-month state of emergency. There were a number of attempts at reconciliation ceremonies but to no avail. He also requested assistance from
Australia and
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In June 2006, he was reported to be critically ill and had not been in his office for several weeks. He seemed to make a good recovery and was back in his role as finance minister before his dismissal. His illness returned, however, and he died on 25 May 2007.
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NADEPA fared poorly after the 1980 elections, winning only two seats and they subsequently joined the opposition. After the 'Independent Group' led by
Francis Billy Hilly withdrew their support for the Kenilorea government in 1981,
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in the GCC Government but was sacked only five months later, ostensibly on grounds of ill health. However, it was reported that the real reason was that he failed to vote in favour of
Sogavare during a
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and also founded and led the union-affiliated
National Democratic Party (NADEPA) in 1975. NADEPA was successful in the 1976 national elections, gaining 8 seats (including Ulufa'alu in the seat of
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cut down on corruption; however, he was constantly harassed by motions of no confidence (in
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and Dinnen (2002) have argued that the 'ethnic' label is an oversimplification. For detailed discussions of the Ethnic
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who felt that although he was a
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switched sides and rejoined the GCC in return for which, he was nominated as their prime ministerial candidate and was duly elected on 5 May 2006.
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