Sir Moses Puibangara Pitakaka GCMG (24 January 1945 – 25 December 2011) served as the third Governor-General of the Solomon Islands from 7 July 1994 until 7 July 1999.
[2][3] On 15 June 1999, Pitakaka declared a state of emergency after an outbreak of ethnic violence killed four on Guadalcanal.
[4] He died at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara early on the morning of Christmas Day 2011.
He received a state funeral on 28 December.
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