Marieta Rigamoto

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

Education and early career Rigamoto was educated at Dudley High School, During the 2000 Fijian coup d'état she was taken hostage by George Speight. After turning down an offer of freedom, she was eventually released on 24 June after 37 days in captivity. She was re-elected in the 2001 election and appointed Assistant Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. Following the death of Ahmed Ali she was appointed Minister for Information and Media Relations in July 2005. 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.

In February 2006 she announced that she would not be contesting the 2006 election. 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. Further allegations of her involvement were made at another trial in 2011. The investigation was ultimately discontinued in 2011.