Richard Maru

The Honourable
Richard Maru
OBE MP
Minister for International Trade and Investment
Assumed office
24 August 2022
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Minister for Finance and Rural Development
In office
13 May 2019 – 7 June 2019
Prime MinisterPeter O'Neill
Preceded bySam Basil
Succeeded byCharles Abel
Minister for National Planning and Monitoring
In office
2017 – 13 May 2019
Prime MinisterPeter O'Neill
In office
7 June 2019 – 27 August 2019
Prime MinisterJames Marape
Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry
In office
2012–2017
Prime MinisterPeter O'Neill
Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Assumed office
2012
ConstituencyYangoru Saussia Open
Personal details
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Political partyPeople's First Party (2020–)
Other political
affiliations
People's National Congress (2012–2020)
Independent (2012)
Alma materPapua New Guinea University of Technology
Websiterichardmaru.org

Richard Maru OBE is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea representing Yangoru Saussia Open, and is the leader of People's First Party. He was appointed as Minister for International Trade and Investment in 2022.

In 2011, he was appointed an OBE for services to development banking and rural development, and an active member of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific.[1]

  1. ^ "Hon. Richard Maru, OBE, MP - Tenth Parliament of Papua New Guinea". www.parliament.gov.pg. Retrieved 2019-05-29.