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George Lepping

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Lepping was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1981 New Year Honours for contribution to "public service and sport.

He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in 1988.

In March 2010, Sir George was appointed the Chairman of the 2012 Festival Pacific Arts Organising Committee.

Up until his death, he was a chairman of the Eminent Persons Advisory Council (EPAC) of the Solomon Islands Government's Constitutional Reform Unit.

He died at his residence in Honiara, was a Catholic and, in honour of him, a state funeral was held at the Holy Cross Cathedral in Honiara. He was laid to rest on his home island in the Shortland Islands.

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