Francis Joseph Saemala

Education

Bachelor, Victoria U., Wellington, New Zealand.

Career

Head of planning, Control Planning Office, 1976; secretary, Independence Timetable Talks delegate and joint secretary, Constitutional Conference, London, 1977; special secretary to chief minister, 1976; special secretary to prime minister, 1978-1981; secretary to leader of opposition, 1981-1982; permanent secretary, Ministry Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1982-1983; permanent representative to United Nations, 1983-1990; now minister foreign affairs, Government of the Solomon Islands, Honiara.

Achievements

• Francis Joseph Saemala has been listed as a noteworthy Solomon Islands government official by Marquis Who's Who.