Richard Maru, OBE is a Papua New Guinea politician. He is a Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea for People's National Congress, representing Yangoru Saussia Open. He was appointed as Minister for Finance and Rural Development on 13 May 2019 until 7 June 2019. 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.