Silas Sitai

Silas Sitai (died 31 October 1972) was a Solomon Islands civil servant. He served as Shadow Chairman of the Governing Council between 1971 and 1972, the first Solomon Islander to hold the post.

Biography Originally from Santa Ana, Sitai attended All Hallows' School and Queen Victoria School in Fiji. He joined the civil service as a clerk in 1939, initially working in the Resident Commissioner's office in Tulagi. He transferred to Central District in 1958, before becoming the Public Service Officer on the Land Trust Board in 1962.

Sitai retired from the civil service in July 1972. A heavy smoker, he died of a heart attack in October the same year.