Donald Capelle

{{Short description|Marshallese politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Donald Capelle (cropped).jpg | caption = Capelle in 2012 | birth_name = Donald F. Capelle | birth_date = | death_place = | death_date = | successor = Kenneth Kedi | predecessor = Alvin Jacklick | term_end = January 4, 2016 | term_start = January 7, 2012 | office = 6th Speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands }} '''Donald F. Capelle''' is a Marshallese politician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Marshall Islands Election|url=https://reimanlok.org/pscchair2016.html|website=reimanlok.org|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>

Capelle was Minister of Justice in 2000s. He was Speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands from 2012 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Republic of the Marshall Islands|url=https://rmiparliament.org/cms/component/content/article.html?id=38:senator-kenneth-kedi,-the-seventh-speaker-of-the-nitijela|website=rmiparliament.org|access-date=2020-05-21|archive-date=2019-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062820/https://rmiparliament.org/cms/component/content/article.html?id=38:senator-kenneth-kedi,-the-seventh-speaker-of-the-nitijela|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Marshall Islands Nitijela (Parliament) Names New President|url=https://www.doi.gov/oia/press/2012/Marshall-Islands-Nitijela|date=2015-06-17|website=www.doi.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref> In January 2020, Capelle became Minister of Transportation, Communication and Information Technology in the cabinet of President David Kabua.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://marshallislandsjournal.com/new-rmi-leaders-sworn-in/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117183020/https://marshallislandsjournal.com/new-rmi-leaders-sworn-in/ |title=New RMI leaders sworn in |publisher=The Marshall Islands Journal |date=16 January 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>

On 29 November 2012, Capelle met with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou.<ref>{{Cite web|title=President Ma meets Republic of the Marshall Islands Nitijela Speaker Donald Capelle and Senator Kessai Note|url=https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/4047|website=english.president.gov.tw|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>

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