Merewalesi Falemaka

Merewalesi Falemaka is a Fijian economist and diplomat. She has been serving as the permanent representative of the Pacific Islands Forum to the World Trade Organization since 2013 and as permanent observer of the Forum to the United Nations in Geneva between 2018 and March 2023, and again since July 2023.

Education Falemaka graduated with a degree in economics and geography from the University of South Pacific in 1982 and obtained a master's degree in economic studies from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 1996.

Career Falemaka began working at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade of Fiji in 1986, where she worked until 1999 and rose to become its chief economist. She was re-appointed in July 2023.