Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Incumbent Josh Green since December 3, 2018
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	James Kealoha
Formation	August 21, 1959 (62 years ago) (1959-08-21)
Website	Office of the Lt. Governor

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The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Hope kiaʻāina o Hawaiʻi) is the assistant chief executive of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Article V, Sections 2 though 6 of the Constitution of Hawaii.^[1] Elected by popular suffrage of residents of the state on the same ticket as the Governor of Hawaii, the officeholder is concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaii.

The officeholder becomes Governor of Hawaii in an acting capacity upon an absence of the person occupying the office from the state or if the person becomes disabled from duty. Historically, Hawaii Lieutenant Governors were members of either the Hawaii Democratic Party or Hawaii Republican Party. Three have gone on to become Governor of Hawaii: George Ariyoshi, Ben Cayetano and John D. Waihee III.

Qualifications[]

The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi is limited to two four-year terms. Inauguration takes place on the first Monday in December following a gubernatorial election. A single term ends at noon four years later. The Lieutenant Governor must be thirty years old and be a resident of Hawaiʻi for five consecutive years previous to election. Unlike some other states, the office of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi is a full-time position and requires that the Lieutenant Governor be barred from other professions or paid positions during the term.

List of lieutenant governors[]

Parties

  Democratic (12)   Republican (2)

#	Picture	Lt. Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Governor(s) served under
1		James Kealoha	August 21, 1959	December 2, 1962	Republican	William F. Quinn
2		William S. Richardson	December 2, 1962	December 2, 1966	Democratic	John A. Burns
3		Thomas Gill	December 2, 1966	December 2, 1970	Democratic
4		George Ariyoshi	December 2, 1970	December 2, 1974	Democratic
5		Nelson Doi	December 2, 1974	December 2, 1978	Democratic	George Ariyoshi
6		Jean King	December 2, 1978	December 2, 1982	Democratic
7		John D. Waiheʻe	December 2, 1982	December 2, 1986	Democratic
8		Ben Cayetano	December 2, 1986	December 2, 1994	Democratic	John D. Waiheʻe
9		Mazie Hirono	December 2, 1994	December 2, 2002	Democratic	Ben Cayetano
10		Duke Aiona	December 4, 2002	December 6, 2010	Republican	Linda Lingle
11		Brian Schatz	December 6, 2010	December 26, 2012	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie
12		Shan Tsutsui	December 27, 2012	January 31, 2018	Democratic
						David Ige
13		Doug Chin	February 2, 2018	December 3, 2018	Democratic
14		Josh Green	December 3, 2018	Incumbent	Democratic

Living former lieutenant governors of Hawaii[]

As of December 2018, there are eight living former lieutenant governors of Hawaii, the oldest being George Ariyoshi (served 1970–1974, born 1926). The most recent death of a former Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii was that of Nelson Doi (served 1974–1978, born 1922), who died on May 16, 2015. The most recently serving officeholder to die was Jean King (1978–1982, born 1925) on November 24, 2013.

References[]

External links[]

• Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi - Official Site
• Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi – Article V - The Executive