Mari Kapi

Chief Justice Sir Mari Kapi (12 December 1950 – 25 March 2009) was a Papua New Guinean judge who served as the fourth Kapi was the first Papua New Guinean citizen to be appointed as a judge and only the third PNG national to be appointed Chief Justice.

Kapi was born at Keapara village, Rigo District, Central Province.

Mari retired from active duty on the Supreme Court in August 2008, citing deteriorating health.

Sir Mari Kapi died from kidney failure on 25 March 2009, in Singapore at the age of 58. He had been in Singapore's Raffles Hospital since February 2009 awaiting a kidney transplant from his younger brother. However, the transplant operation had been delayed.

Kapi's body was returned to Papua New Guinea for burial.