Vatimi Rayalu

Vatimi Tidara Tuinasakea Kaunitawake Rayalu was a Fijian politician, and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the People's Alliance.

Life and career

Rayalu was from Vanua Vatu in the Lau Islands. He was educated at Queen Victoria School and the University of the South Pacific. He worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Agriculture, rising to the position of Deputy Permanent Secretary.
He contested the 2022 Fijian general election as a PA candidate and was elected with 2072 votes. On 24 December 2022 he was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Waterways in the coalition government of Sitiveni Rabuka.
Rayalu died on 12 June 2025, at the age of 57.