{{short description|Papua New Guinean politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = OBE MP | name = Richard Maru | image = Min. Richard Maru (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Maru in 2017 | birth_date = | birth_place = | party = People's First Party (2020–) | other_party = People's National Congress <small>(2012–2020)</small> <br/> Independent <small>(2012)</small> | alma_mater = Papua New Guinea University of Technology | website = [https://richardmaru.org/ richardmaru.org] | years_active = | office = Minister for International Trade and Investment | prime_minister = James Marape | term_start = 24 August 2022 | office2 = Minister for Finance and Rural Development | predecessor2 = Sam Basil | successor2 = Charles Abel | prime_minister2 = Peter O'Neill | term_start2 = 13 May 2019 | term_end2 = 7 June 2019 | office3 = Minister for National Planning and Monitoring | prime_minister3 = Peter O'Neill | term_start3 = 2017 | term_end3 = 13 May 2019 | prime_minister4 = James Marape | term_start4 = 7 June 2019 | term_end4 = 27 August 2019 | office5 = Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry | prime_minister5 = Peter O'Neill | term_start5 = 2012 | term_end5 = 2017 | office6 = Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea | constituency6 = Yangoru Saussia Open | term_start6 = 2012 }}
'''Richard Maru''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hon. Richard Maru, OBE, MP - Tenth Parliament of Papua New Guinea |url=http://www.parliament.gov.pg/index.php/tenth-parliament/bio/view/yangoru-saussia-district |access-date=2019-05-29 |website=www.parliament.gov.pg}}</ref>
== Early life == Maru graduated from the Papua New Guinea University of Technology in 1983 with a Bachelor of Technology in Business Studies Degree. He completed an MBA from the University of Bath in 1999.
== Political career == Maru was first elected to the National Parliament in the 2012 election 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.<ref name=":0" />
As of 2022, he is the leader of the People's First Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon. Richard Maru, OBE, MP - Eleventh Parliament of Papua New Guinea |url=https://parliament.gov.pg/index.php/eleventh-parliament/bio/view/yangoru-saussia-district |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=parliament.gov.pg |language=en}}</ref>
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