Lanelle Olandrea Tanangada (born 1 July 1979) is a Solomon Islands teacher and politician who has served as the country's Education Minister since April 2020.
[1] Tanangada undertook undergraduate studies at the Pacific Adventist University in Papua New Guinea[2] and received a Master of Education from the University of Waikato in New Zealand in 2013,[3][4] with a thesis titled A study of language use in secondary school classrooms in the Solomon Islands: Conceptions, practices and proficiencies.
[6][7][8] The charges were brought by former Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo, who then contested the seat.
[4] Tanangada joined the Kadere Party and became part of the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement.
[12][13] She was appointed Minister for Police, National Security and Correctional Services,[12] a position she resigned from in October 2019.