Richard Maru, OBE is a

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

politician. He is a Member of the

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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.

Early life

Maru graduated from the

Papua New Guinea University of Technology The Papua New Guinea University of Technology (Unitech) is a university located in Lae, Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Courses offered Unitech offers courses in the following fields: *Agriculture *Architecture *Construction Management (Pr ...

in 1983 with a Bachelor of Technology in Business Studies Degree. He completed an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

in 1999.

Political career

Maru was first elected to the National Parliament in the

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as an independent candidate. He was then appointed as Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry in the O'Neill-Dion cabinet. He was re-elected in the 2017 election, representing People's National Congress. He was then appointed Minister for National Planning and Monitoring. He was appointed as Minister for Finance and Rural Development on 13 May 2019 until 7 June 2019. As of 2022, he is the leader of the People’s First Party.

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