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{{Politics of the Solomon Islands}}

The '''People's Progressive Party''' (PPP) was a [[political party]] in the [[Solomon Islands]].

==History==
The PPP was established in February 1974. It was initially led by [[Solomon Mamaloni]] and was estimated to have around six members of the Governing Council.<ref>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-333423610/view?partId=nla.obj-333437887#page/n8/mode/1up Power struggle in the Solomons] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1974, pp7–8</ref> Later in the year, an election was held for the first Chief Minister. Mamaloni defeated [[Benedict Kinika]] of the [[United Solomon Islands Party]] and formed a cabinet of PPP members and independents.<ref name=PPPI>Roland Rich, Luke Hambly & Michael G Morgan (2008) ''[https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p77961/pdf/book.pdf Political Parties in the Pacific Islands]'', ANU E Press, p106</ref> He resigned in November 1975 after an inquiry into action taken without consulting his cabinet, and when he was re-elected in December he formed a cabinet with five USIPA members, two from the PPP and one independent.<ref>[https://www.un.org/en/decolonization/pdf/decolonization/decon_num_12.pdf Solomon Islands] Decolonization, p12</ref>

Following the formation of the new government and prior to the [[1976 Solomon Islands general election|1976 general elections]], the PPP and USIPA both disintegrated.<ref>Pacific Perspective, Volume 13, Issue 2</ref> In 1979 it merged with the [[Rural Alliance Party]] to form the [[People's Alliance Party (Solomon Islands)|People's Alliance Party]].<ref name=HF>Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific: Laos–Western Samoa'', Greenwood Press, p1002</ref>


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