John Garo was a Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

 politician.

He was elected to the National Parliament as MP for West Kwaio in the December 2001 general election

Solomon Islands general election, 2001

General elections were held in the Solomon Islands on 5 December 2001. The People's Alliance Party won the most seats, and its leader, Allan Kemakeza became Prime Minister....

. In May 2003, he was elected Leader of the Official Opposition

Leader of the Opposition (Solomon Islands)

The Leader of the Opposition in Solomon Islands is a Member of Parliament who commands a large minority of his peers, united in loyal opposition to government...

. He was, at the time, an independent

Independent (politician)

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 MP. Two months later, as Leader of the Opposition, he supported Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza

Allan Kemakeza

Sir Allan Kemakeza KBE was the seventh Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from 2001 to 2006. He represented Savo/Russel Constituency in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands from 1989 to 2010 and was most recently Minister of Forestry December 2007 to August 2010...

's motion requesting that an Australia

Australia

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n-led international peacekeeping force be deployed in Solomon Islands, in the wake of armed ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...

. This led to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). In July 2004, he benefited from a Cabinet reshuffle, leaving the Opposition and joining the government as Minister of State assisting the Prime Minister.

He was not re-elected to Parliament in 2006, and died the following year.