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Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state and the second westernmost after Alaska. Like Alaska, Hawaii borders no other U.S. state. It is the only U.S. state not in North America, and the only one completely surrounded by water and entirely an archipelago. In addition to the eight main islands, the state has many smaller islands and islets.
Listed here are various Wikipedia articles pertaining to governance in the state of Hawaii. Subcategories This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2) Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980) 2 July 1976 30 March 1980 3 years, 272 days Communist Party of Vietnam — Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910–1996) 30 March 1980 4 July 1981 1 year, 96 days Communist Party of Vietnam: Chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 3 ...
The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii, the 50th state to have joined the United States. Executive branch [ edit ]
The State of Vietnam [a] (Vietnamese: Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Hán: 國家越南; French: État du Viêt-Nam) was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country (from 4 June 1954 to 26 October 1955).
Hawaii ranked as the state with the third most earthquakes over this time period, after Alaska and California. [19] On October 15, 2006, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 off the northwest coast of the island of Hawaii, near the Kona area.
The Hawaii Constitution was framed by a Constitutional Convention under Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1949. It was adopted by popular ballot on November 7, 1950, and was deemed amended when three propositions submitted to the people—in accordance with the Act of the U.S. Congress approved March 18, 1959 [6] —were adopted by the people on June 27, 1959.
Hawaii residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of statehood in 1959. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act on March 18, 1959, which created the means for Hawaiian statehood. After a referendum in which over 93% of Hawaiian citizens voted in favor of statehood, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on August 21, 1959.