Andrew Nori (1952[1][2] – 9 July 2013[3]) was a Solomon Islands lawyer and politician, arguably best known for his role in the ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
He was re-elected in 1989, and, as head of the Nationalist Front for Progress, was for a time appointed Leader of the Official Opposition to Prime Minister Solomon Mamaloni's government.
[7][8] On 5 June 2000, he led the Eagle Force into a coup d'état against Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, taking him hostage at gunpoint and demanding that he resign.
[13] The coup rapidly led to the arrival of a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group delegation, which was welcomed by Nori, who expressed his hope that it would result in peace being brokered between the ethnic factions.
[14] Parliament voted to elect Manasseh Sogavare to the premiership, replacing Ulufa'alu,[15] and the ethnic conflicts ceased for the most part with the Townsville Peace Agreement in October.