{{Short description|Governor-General of Solomon Islands since 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] [[The Reverend]] | name = Sir David Tiva Kapu | honorific_suffix = [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] | office = [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands]] | term_start = 7 July 2024 | term_end = | monarch = [[Charles III]] | prime_minister = [[Jeremiah Manele]]<br>[[Matthew Wale]] | predecessor = [[David Vunagi|Sir David Vunagi]] | successor = | title3 = | image = | alt = | caption = | death_place = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[British Solomon Islands Protectorate]] | alma_mater = | death_date = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Sir David Tiva Kapu''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] is a [[Solomon Islands]] Anglican priest and the [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands|governor-general of Solomon Islands]] since 2024.<ref name="rulersdate">{{Cite web |title=June 2024 |url=https://rulers.org/2024-06.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=rulers.org |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710123526/https://rulers.org/2024-06.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="YTTavuli">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cuTBFPbCw0 |title=01 TAVULI GENERAL NEWS {{!}} MONDAY 17 JUNE 2024 |date=2024-06-17 |last=Tavuli News (Solomon Islands) |access-date=2024-06-18 |via=YouTube |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618002848/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cuTBFPbCw0&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=Pacific news in brief for June 18 |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/519875/pacific-news-in-brief-for-june-18 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618220450/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/519875/pacific-news-in-brief-for-june-18 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Education== Kapu received his [[Master of Theology]] degree from the [[Pacific Theological College]]. His thesis titled, "What has the Church to do with the State?" analyzed the role of church and state relationship in [[Nggela Islands]], Solomon Islands from 1932 to 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PTC Theses – Pacific Theological College |url=https://ptc.ac.fj/theses/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |language=en-NZ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205161416/https://ptc.ac.fj/theses/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career== Reverend Kapu has served as the academic dean of studies [[Bishop Patteson Theological College|Bishop Patteson Theological College at Kohimarama]], in Solomon Islands.<ref name="YTTavuli"/>
In June 2024, he was the sole candidate put forward for nomination as the next [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands]], the [[Monarchy of Solomon Islands|monarch]]'s viceregal representative in the country. He was formally nominated as governor-general on 17 June 2024.<ref name="rulersdate"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2024 |title=Order Paper No. 6 |url=https://www.parliament.gov.sb/sites/default/files/2024-06/Order_Paper_for_Monday_17_June_2024.pdf |access-date=17 June 2024 |website=parliament.gov.sb |publisher=[[National Parliament of the Solomon Islands]] |archive-date=17 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617072535/https://www.parliament.gov.sb/sites/default/files/2024-06/Order_Paper_for_Monday_17_June_2024.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> A Royal Commission to appoint Kapu as Governor General was issued by [[Charles III|King Charles III]] on June 27, 2024, which came into effect on 7 July 2024 following the expiry of [[David Vunagi|Sir David Vunagi's]] term.
Kapu was appointed a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (GCMG) on 1 October 2024,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=65007|page=4002|date=4 March 2026}}</ref> and was invested as such by [[King Charles III]] during an audience at Buckingham Palace on 25 February 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/court-circular-february-25-2025-7rz2wwn9g|title=Court Circular: February 25, 2025|website=The Times|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>
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