Marieta Rigamoto

Marieta Rigamoto (born 1941 or 1942) is a former Fijian civil servant, politician and Cabinet Minister.

After turning down an offer of freedom,[3] she was eventually released on 24 June after 37 days in captivity.

Following the death of Ahmed Ali she was appointed Minister for Information and Media Relations in July 2005.

[7] In September 2005 she was forced to apologise for contempt of court, after commenting on evidence during the trial of an agriculture ministry official over a multi-million dollar corruption scam.

Following her retirement she was named as one of a number of Ministers who has used farming assistance funding to buy votes during the 2001 election.