Patteson Oti

He was Minister for Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Immigration from May 2006 to 22 December 2007.

He was a political analyst for the government of Prime Minister Francis Billy Hilly in 1994, and from 1995 to 1997, he was special secretary to the Leader of the Opposition.

[1] He was first elected to the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands for Temotu Nende Constituency in the August 1997 parliamentary election, and under Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from August 1997 to June 2000.

[6] No longer in Parliament following the 2010 general election, Oti considered standing for the position of Speaker of Parliament (the Speaker being selected from outside the assembly) and obtained the support of both the government and the opposition, before unexpectedly withdrawing.

He later served as the government's "special envoy" to the Melanesian Spearhead Group, then, in September 2011, was appointed High Commissioner (i.e., Ambassador) to Fiji.