Sir Francis Billy Hilly KCMG (born 20 July 1948)[2] is a Solomon Islands politician who was the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands from 18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994.
[3] He returned to Parliament in May 1993 and has been re-elected in every election since: in August 1997, December 2001, and April 2006.
[2] He was appointed prime minister after the 1993 election, but in October 1994, resigned after not having sufficient support in the Parliament.
[2] Hilly opposed the election of Snyder Rini as prime minister on 18 April 2006, alleging that bribes were used to gain votes for Rini and that the election "was controlled and influenced by outsiders".
However, in August 2006, he was dismissed from that position, a decision that he said was primarily due to an agreement between his National Party and the People's Republic of China in 2005; the Solomon Islands recognises the Republic of China (Taiwan).