Vatimi Rayalu

Vatimi Rayalu
Minister for Agriculture and Waterways
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 December 2022
Prime MinisterSitiveni Rabuka
Member of the Fijian Parliament
for PA List
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 December 2022
Personal details
Political partyPeople's Alliance

Vatimi Tidara Tuinasakea Kaunitawake Rayalu is a Fijian politician, and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the People's Alliance.

Rayalu is a former civil servant who worked as Deputy Permanent secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture.[1]

He contested the 2022 Fijian general election as a PA candidate[2] and was elected[3] with 2072 votes.[4] On 24 December 2022 he was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Waterways in the coalition government of Sitiveni Rabuka.[5]

  1. ^ Filipe Naikaso (10 May 2022). "Former magistrate named by PA". FBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ Jone Salusalu (11 November 2022). "7 Women And 48 Men For The Peoples Alliance". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ Singh, Indira (18 December 2022). "Top 55 confirmed". FBC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Vatimi Tidara Tuinasakea Kaunitawake Rayalu (240)". Fijian Elections Office. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ Apenisa Waqairadovu (24 December 2022). "Siromi Turaga sworn in as new AG". FBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2022.