The Government has accorded a full State Funeral Service to the late former Prime Minister and former MP for Marovo constituency, Snyder Rini, who passed away on Tuesday, 5 August, in Honiara.
The body of the Late Rini lie in state at the Parliament Chamber as of Monday morning for viewing by Leaders and members of the public from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm before his funeral service at the Maranatha Hall.
The funeral service is being held at the Maranatha Hall at 1pm Monday 11th August.
After the funeral service his body will be transported back to his home and will spend Monday night there for the last time.
The body will be transported for burial at his Home Village of Telina in Marovo Lagoon on Tuesday morning via MV Auki Express.
Snyder Rini was born on 27 July 1949 at Telina in Marovo Lagoon in the Western District.
He attended Kukudu Primary School (1964-1966), Betikama Secondary School (1967-1969), Kambubu High School in Papua New Guinea (1970), the University of Papua New Guinea (1971), and the University of Technology in Lae (1972-1974), where he obtained a degree in Accountancy.
He was Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Natural Resources in 1989, and Chairman of the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund from 1990 to 1996.
Rini held Permanent Secretary positions in the Ministry of National Planning and Development (1994-1995) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1997), before he was first elected to the National Parliament in August 1997.
He served as Minister for Finance and Treasury (2002-2001) and when re-elected in 2002 became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Planning and Development.
In December 2002, he moved to the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, and in mid-2003 became Minister for Education and Human Resources Development.
He maintained his position as Deputy Prime Minister and remained in the Ministry until 2006. He was re-elected again in 2006 and became the 10th Prime Minister of Solomon Islands in the 8th Parliament.
He resigned shortly afterwards. He continuously served in the government under various Ministerial Portfolios until 2019, before retiring from Politics.
– OPMC
