Peter Kenilorea Jr.

[2] Kenilorea Jr. attended Su’u National Secondary School on Malaita, then transferred to Wesley College, Auckland, in New Zealand.

He began working for the Attorney General of the Solomon Islands in 1996, and left his government position for the United Nations in 2000.

Kenilorea held several roles at the UN, returning to the government of Solomon Islands in 2017 as permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade.

[9][10] He offered public support to John Maneniaru, who described the diplomatic switch as the government serving "new Chinese masters" in October 2019.

[12] As the Solomon Islands government took action against the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania, Kenilorea continued bringing attention to Taiwan's humanitarian aid.