Mel Cappe

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Melvin Samuel "Mel" Cappe (born 1948) is a Canadian civil servant and diplomat. Since June, 2006 he is the President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) in Montreal. He was most recently Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He had served in Canada's government since 1975 as a deputy minister of Environment Canada, Human Resources Development and Labour, as well as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Federal Cabinet.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1971 from New College, University of Toronto and an Master of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario. Since 2002 He has served as the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

He is married to Marni and has two grown children, Danny and Emily.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Jocelyne Bourgon
Clerk of the Privy Council
1999-2002
Succeeded by
Alex Himelfarb
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Jeremy Kinsman
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
2002-2006
Succeeded by
James R. Wright