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Alfred Solomon SASAKO Name: Gender: Date of Birth: Marital Status: Nationality: Alfred Solomon SASAKO Male 26 May 1953 Married – 4 children Solomon Islands/Resident in Australia Email: asasakoau@yahoo.com.au Professional Training and Qualifications Diploma, Leadership for the 21st Century: Conflict, Chaos and Courage John F Kennedy School of Government, Executive Program Harvard University [December 2002] Initiatives Diploma, for Civil-Military Cooperation John F Kennedy School of Government, Executive Program Harvard University [May 2001] in Conflict Management: Planning Diploma in Advanced Journalism – Thomson Foundation Editorial Study Centre, United Kingdom [May-July 1982] Diploma in Journalism, School of Journalism, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [1977] Secondary School Certificate, Su’u Secondary School, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands [1973-1975] Senior Primary School Certificate, Fote Primary School, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands [1970-1972] S Alfred Sasako 13th March 2008 1 Employment History Media Consultant, Solomon Islands Government [Dec 2007 - ] Manager, Secretariat of the Media Association of Solomon Islands [MASI] [August 2006 – June 2007] First elected to Parliament in 1997; re-elected in 2001.
Served two consecutive terms of four years each [1997 – 2005] Minister [December 2005 – March 2006] for Infrastructure & Development, Solomon Islands Government Chairman, Bina Harbor Deep Seaport & Auluta Palm Oil Development Projects, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands [June – December 2005] Minister for Agriculture & Livestock, Solomon Islands Government [September 2004 – March 2005] Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs [2002 – 2004] Solomon Islands’ first Minister of State, Assisting the Prime Minister, Solomon Islands Government [1997-2000].
Head of the Information Department, South Pacific Forum Secretariat, Suva Fiji Islands [April 1991 – March 1997] South Pacific Correspondent, Australian Associated Press [AAP], Sydney, and Brisbane, Australia [1986 – 1991].
Chief of Staff, Niugini Nius newspaper, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [1983- 1995] Chief Political Correspondent, Post Courier newspaper, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [1980-1982] Reporter, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Honiara, Solomon Islands [978 – 1979] Information Officer, Government Information Service, Honiara, Solomon Islands [1975 – 1978] S Alfred Sasako 12th March 2008 2 International Media Assignments Undertaken for Pacific Islands Media Outlets Provided News Coverage of … • UN Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992; • Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting [CHOGM], Limassol, Cyprus 1993 • Small Islands Developing States [SIDS], Barbados, Caribbean 1994; • UN Population and Development Summit, Cairo, Egypt 1994 • UN Poverty Alleviation Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995; • UN Food Summit, Rome 1996 International Meetings attended on behalf of SIG • Japan – South Pacific Leaders’ Summit, Tokyo, Japan 1997 • Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 • UN Special Ministers of Youth Conference, Portugal 1999 • • South Pacific Commission Conference, Pape’ete, Tahiti 2000 • Accompanied Prime Minister B Ulufa’alu to negotiate Framework for International Whaling Commission Meeting, Grenada, Caribbean 1999 Technical Arrangement with Taiwan 1997 Others UNESCO Consultant [provided two-week media training for journalists in Fiji] 1987.
Fellow, United States International Visitors Program 1993 Fellow, Japan’s Senior Officials’ Familiarization Visit 1992 S Alfred Sasako 12th March 2008 3