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The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii, ...
Joshua Booth Green (born February 11, 1970) is an American politician and physician serving since 2022 as the ninth governor of Hawaii.A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2018 to 2022 as the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii, from 2008 to 2018 as a member of the Hawaii Senate, and from 2004 to 2008 as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.
The governor of the State of Hawaii is the head of government of Hawaii, [1] and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [2] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Hawaii Legislature; [3] the power to convene the legislature; [4] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
Historically, the Governor of Hawaii has been from either the Democratic Party of Hawaii or Hawaii Republican Party. The current governor of Hawaii is Democrat Josh Green, who assumed the position on December 5, 2022. Hawaii was the first U.S. state to have an Asian American chief executive; George Ariyoshi served three terms between 1974 and 1986.
Inauguration of David Ige as 8th Governor of Hawaii. Ige was sworn in as the eighth governor of Hawaii on December 1, 2014, with Lieutenant Governor Shan Tsutsui, in the Hawaii State Capitol Rotunda. [17] Ige is the first person of Okinawan descent to be elected governor of a U.S. state. [18]
The title of the state constitution is The Constitution of the State of Hawaii. Article XV, Section 1 of the Constitution uses The State of Hawaii. [27] Diacritics were not used because the document, drafted in 1949, [28] predates the use of the ʻokina ʻ and the kahakō in modern Hawaiian orthography.
Benjamin Jerome Cayetano (born November 14, 1939) is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.
Linda Lingle (née Cutter; June 4, 1953) is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959, and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor.