Milner Tozaka

George Milner Tozaka ) is a Solomon Islands diplomat and politician.

Education After attending the Malanguna Technical College in Papua New Guinea in 1968-1969, he briefly studied at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1970-1971. He later resumed his studies and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji in 1992, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Sociology from the same university the following year.

In 2000, he was appointed High Commissioner for Solomon Islands to Australia, a position which he held until 2005. Upon his return to the Solomons, he entered politics, standing as an independent candidate in the North Vella Lavella constituency at the April 2006 general election. He was elected, and appointed Minister for Public Service in Prime Minister Snyder Rini's short-lived government from April to May. He then served in opposition, until Derek Sikua became Prime Minister in December 2007, whereupon he regained his position as Minister for Public Service.

He was returned to Parliament in the August 2010 general election, this time representing the People's Alliance Party. (He saw off five candidates, obtaining 1,225 votes, and a 143-vote lead over his closest opponent. ) He was appointed Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade and Shadow Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs in Opposition Leader Steve Abana's Shadow Cabinet.

In November 2011, when Prime Minister Danny Philip lost his parliamentary majority and resigned, Tozaka was the Opposition's candidate to replace him, standing against Gordon Darcy Lilo, a recently sacked government minister. He lost to Lilo, and remained on the Opposition benches.

On 15 December 2014, following a general election, Tozaka was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade by new Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Tozaka retained his appointment as Foreign Minister following the replacement of Sogavare by Rick Houenipwela on 15 November 2017 and a subsequent cabinet reshuffle.