Sir Peter Kenilorea KBE (23 May 1943 – 24 February 2016) was a Solomon Islander politician, officially styled The Rt Hon.

[1] He was trained as a teacher for the South Seas Evangelical Church and a co-founder of the Solomon Islands Christian Association.

Kenilorea was critical of British rule over the Solomon Islands, alleging that it failed to advance the nation economically and condemning it for building only one school.

[3]: 795  The opposition leader Solomon Mamaloni began raising policy issues that would cause disputes between the United Party and the independents.

[3]: 796  As prime minister, he organised the nation's provincial system of government and passed tribal land rights into law.

[1] When ethnic conflict broke out between two militant groups, the Malaita Eagle Force and the Isatabu Freedom Movement, Kenilorea was one of the leaders of peace talks in 2000.

[5] He subsequently sought to return to the National Parliament and was an unsuccessful candidate in a by-election in East ꞌAreꞌare in August 2012.

[1] His funeral was held in Honiara on 1 March, which was made a special public holiday as a national day of mourning.