Silas Vaqara Tausinga,[1] born 12 August 1983,[2] is a Solomon Islands politician.

He sat alongside his father, both of them as representatives of the Party for Rural Advancement.

Despite Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo being the only other member of the party in Parliament, the Tausingas initially sat on the Opposition benches.

In March 2012, Silas Tausinga (but not his father) defected to the government side, and was appointed Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.

[3] At the age of just 28, he was the youngest person in the country to become a government minister.