Joseph Onika

The Right Honourable Joseph Onika MP
Minister for Lands, Housing and Survey
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 April 2011
Prime Minister	Danny Philip (until 16 November 2011); then Gordon Darcy Lilo
Preceded by	Martin Sopage
Minister for Women, Youth & Children’s Affairs
In office 27 August 2010 – 18 April 2011
Prime Minister	Danny Philip
Succeeded by	Dickson Mua
Member of Parliament for East Central Guadalcanal
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 August 2010
Preceded by	Nollen Cornelius Leni
Personal details
Born	May 2, 1967 Komunima’aga, Guadalcanal Province
Political party	Independent

Joseph Onika

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Solomon Islands
Oceania Championships
	1990 Suva	100 m
	1990 Suva	200 m

Joseph Onika (born May 2, 1967, in Komunima’aga Village, Longgu District, Guadalcanal Province[1]) is a Solomon Islands politician.

Career

He worked in catering before going into politics. His career in national politics began when he was elected to Parliament as the member for East Central Guadalcanal in the August 2010 general election, standing as an independent candidate. He was then appointed Minister for Women, Youth and Children's Affairs in Prime Minister Danny Philip's Cabinet.[1][2]

In April 2011, he was reshuffled to Minister for Lands, Housing and Survey.[3] When Gordon Darcy Lilo replaced Philip as Prime Minister in November 2011, Onika retained his position in government.[4]

Achievements

Outside of politics, he also had a successful career competing in athletics.[5]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Solomon Islands
1990	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	1st	100 m	10.75 s
			2nd	200 m	21.87 s

References

1. Biography on the website of the Parliament of Solomon Islands
2. 2010 election data Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
3. "New Cabinet Ministers Sworn in", Solomon Times, April 19, 2011
4. "Ten more ministers sworn in" Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, Solomon Star, 23 November 2011
5. Solomon Islands fastest man elected into Parliament, vanuatunews.com, August 12, 2010, archived from the original on September 1, 2011, retrieved February 7, 2014