Government of Hawaii
Appearance
Government of Hawaii | |
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Part of | United States of America |
Constitution | Constitution of Hawaii |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Legislature |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Hawaii State Capitol |
Upper house | |
Name | Senate |
Presiding officer | Ron Kouchi, President |
Lower house | |
Name | House of Representatives |
Presiding officer | Scott Saiki, Speaker |
Executive branch | |
Head of state and government | |
Title | Governor |
Currently | Josh Green |
Appointer | Election |
Cabinet | |
Leader | Governor |
Deputy leader | Lieutenant Governor |
Headquarters | Hawaii State Capitol |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary of Hawaii |
Courts | Courts of Hawaii |
Supreme Court of Hawaii | |
Chief judge | Mark E. Recktenwald |
Seat | Honolulu, Hawaii |
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
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Statewide elected offices
[edit]The current Governor of Hawaii is Josh Green (D) and the current Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii is Sylvia Luke (D).
Agencies
[edit]- Department of Accounting and General Services
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Attorney General
- Department of Budget and Finance
- Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
- Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
- State of Hawaii Department of Defense (see also Hawaii National Guard)
- Department of Education
- Department of Hawaiian Homelands
- Department of Health
- Department of Human Resources Development
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
- Department of Land and Natural Resources
- Department of Public Safety[a]
- Department of Taxation
- Department of Transportation
- University of Hawaii
[a]In 2024, the Department of Public Safety will be split up into the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Law Enforcement.[1]
Legislative branch
[edit]Judicial branch
[edit]Independent state agencies
[edit]Counties
[edit]- County of Hawaii – county seat in Hilo
- City and County of Honolulu – county seat in Honolulu
- Kalawao County
- County of Kauai – county seat in Lihue
- County of Maui – county seat in Wailuku
References
[edit]- ^ Boneza, Jenn (19 January 2023). "Department of Law Enforcement on track to begin operations in 2024". KHON2. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- Marumoto, Claire (September 2013). Guide to Government in Hawaii (PDF) (14 ed.). Honolulu: Legislative Reference Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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