David Derek Sikua (born 10 October 1959[1]) served as the prime minister of Solomon Islands from 20 December 2007 to 25 August 2010.

[3] Returning to the Solomon Islands he became Permanent Secretary with Special Duties at the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development from May 2003 to 7 September 2003, then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development from 8 September 2003 to 31 December 2005.

[1] He was elected to the National Parliament in April 2006 (as MP for the North East Guadalcanal constituency) and became Minister of Education and Human Resources Development under Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on 4 May 2006.

He was elected Prime Minister by Parliament on 20 December 2007, receiving 32 votes against 15 for government candidate Patteson Oti.

Though he retained his seat in Parliament, as the sole MP for the Liberal Party,[9] he did not contest the premiership, and Danny Philip succeeded him.