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The People’s Progressive Party is a political party in the Solomon Islands. It was the dominant party in the country under diverse names in the seventies eighties and nineties under its then leader Solomon Mamaloni. Mamaloni served as prime minister from 1981 to 1984 1989 to 1993 and 1994 to 1997 and the party was always among the largest in the Solomon Islands. The party did well in the August 1997 parliamentary elections but Mamaloni resigned as leader and Danny Philip replaced him.