| Tangariki Reete | |
| Office1: | Speaker of the House of Assembly |
| Deputy1: | Ioteba Redfern |
| Term Start1: | 22 May 2020 |
| Term End1: | 13 September 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Tebuai Uaai |
| Successor1: | Willie Tokataake |
| Office2: | Minister of Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 15 October 2013 |
| Term End2: | 11 March 2016 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | David Collins |
| Term Start3: | 2008 |
| Term End3: | 21 April 2020 |
| Successor3: | Tebao Awerika |
Tangariki Reete is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly. She served as a Member of the House of Assembly from 2008 until 2020, during which she also served as the first Minister for Women, Youth and Social Affairs from 2013 until 2016. She was elected as the Speaker on 22 May 2020, beating the previous Speaker, becoming the first female Speaker in Kiribati's history.[1]
She spent 3 terms as an MP, leaving office after being defeated in the second round of voting by Tebao Awerika in 2020.[2]
She returned and she was successfully re-elected in 2024 for Betio. She was one of five women elected to the 45 seats of the parliament. The others were Ruth Cross Kwansing, Lavinia Teatao Teem, Ruta Baabo Manate and former opposition leader Tessie Eria Lambourne.[3]
Reete won a parliamentary vote to become Speaker of the House of Assembly on 22 May 2020. She won with 25 votes and defeated incumbent Speaker Tebuai Uaai, who was supported by the Tobwaan Kiribati Party. Betio MP Ioteba Redfern was sworn in as Deputy Speaker on 23 November 2021.[4]