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Seal of the City and County of Honolulu
Seal of the City and County of Honolulu

The Mayor of Honolulu is the chief executive officer of the City and County of Honolulu and considered the third most powerful official in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi, behind the Governor of Hawaii and the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. The City and County of Honolulu is a combined city-county jurisdiction located in the U A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Governor of Hawaii, also called Ke Kiaaina o Hawaii, is the chief executive of the State of Hawai{{okina}}i and its various agencies The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaii, is the assistant chief executive of that U An office established in 1900 and modified in 1907, the Mayor of Honolulu is elected by universal suffrage of residents of Honolulu to no more than two four-year terms. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Universal suffrage (also universal adult suffrage, general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to The Mayor of Honolulu is only one of two officers elected countywide; the other is the prosecuting attorney.

The Mayor of Honolulu holds strong power in terms of the limits of the officer's abilities, the size of the budget he or she controls and the unique relationship the officer has in association with the mayors of Asian and Pacific Rim nations. The Pacific Rim refers to the countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The Mayor of Honolulu has full control over appointment and removal of administrators, is invested with absolute control over department heads, wields veto power over the Honolulu City Council and has substantial control over the budget totaling in excess of USD $1 Billion. The Honolulu City Council is the legislative branch of the City & County of Honolulu and is considered the second most powerful parliamentary

The current mayor of Honolulu is Mufi Hannemann. Muliufi Francis "Mufi" Hannemann is an American politician and currently the Mayor of Honolulu.

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Honolulu Hale and other offices

The Mayor of Honolulu conducts official business from Honolulu Hale, a historic city hall building constructed in classical Spanish villa architectural styles and sits along King Street and Punchbowl Boulevard in downtown Honolulu. Honolulu Hale, located on 530 South King Street in Downtown Honolulu in the City & County of Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i, is the official seat of government Downtown Honolulu is the current and historic central part of Honolulu &mdashbounded by Nuuanu Stream to the west Ward Avenue to the east Vineyard Boulevard to the north Other administrative officers under the Mayor of Honolulu work from separate municipal buildings on the larger civic campus of which Honolulu Hale is a part.

In addition to his offices in Honolulu, Mufi Hannemann has pledged to work at least one day out of the week out of an office at Kapolei Hale in Oʻahu's "second city" in Kapolei. Kapolei Hawaii is an Unincorporated area community of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States under the administrative jurisdiction of the City

Domestic Policy

From the courtyard of Honolulu Hale, the Mayor of Honolulu is mandated by the city and county charters to make an annual State of the City address. In this speech, the Mayor of Honolulu outlines the administrative and legislative agenda for the year. It is also a summation of the budget to be implemented compared to the budget of the previous year.

The Mayor of Honolulu also organizes the major public services managed by the mayor's office. He or she oversees dozens of departments including: Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Police Department and the Oʻahu Civil Defense Agency. The Honolulu Fire Department, popularly known as the HFD, is the principal firefighting agency of the City & County of Honolulu under the jurisdiction of the The Honolulu Police Department ( HPD) is the principal Law enforcement agency of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawai'i. Unlike most United States mayors, the Mayor of Honolulu does not oversee any schools, a jurisdiction of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education. The Hawaii State Department of Education is the most centralized and only statewide public education system in the United States.


Managing Director

Assisting the Mayor of Honolulu in overseeing these departments and other domestic policy issues is the Managing Director of Honolulu. His or her most important role is to serve as acting mayor in absence or resignation.

Foreign Policy

Honolulu is often considered the Geneva of the Pacific due to its commercial and trade, political and military, as well as academic influences over Asia and the Pacific Rim. Honolulu is the site of several international governmental and non-governmental organizations and summits, as well as the site of high profile multinational military exercises called RIMPAC. RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime exercise RIMPAC is conducted by the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command whose headquarters is in Honolulu's Salt Lake subdivision. The United States Pacific Command ( USPACOM) is a Unified Combatant Command of the armed forces of the United States, led by the Commander Salt Lake is a Suburban neighborhood of Honolulu Hawai‘i on the island of O‘ahu.

The uniqueness of Honolulu's significance to the global community has forced the Mayor of Honolulu to assume a constant diplomatic role that goes beyond the foreign policy roles of almost all United States mayors. The Mayor of Honolulu serves as concurrent chairman of several multinational mayoral bodies and convenes special sessions of international summits regularly.

First Lady of Honolulu

As a Hawaiian tradition, the wife of the Mayor of Honolulu is honored with the ceremonial title of First Lady of Honolulu. Honolulu is distinct in this tradition as most United States cities and towns reserve the title of First Lady to the wife of the state governor, wife of the President of the United States or wife of visiting foreign heads of government. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Honolulu deemed it necessary to bestow the ceremonial title to reflect her role in relation to her husband's extensive international responsibilities. The title is not codified in modern law but the honorific is derived from customs of the Hawaiian monarchy. The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of O{{okina}}ahu,

List of Mayors of Honolulu

Notable Candidates and Acting Mayors

Resources

Joseph James Fern ( August 25, 1872 &ndash February 20, 1920) was the first Mayor of Honolulu from 1909 to 1915 and again from Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar John Lane, formally John Carey Lane, was Mayor of Honolulu from 1915 to 1917 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Wilson may refer to Politicians John Wilson (Scottish politician, member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP John Wilson Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Charles Arnold, formally Charles N Arnold, was Mayor of Honolulu from 1927 to 1929 Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Fred Wright (April 23 1881- July 2 1938 was Mayor of Honolulu from 1931 to 1938 Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Crane, formally Charles Spencer Crane, was Mayor of Honolulu from July 15, 1938 to Jan Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lester Petrie was the former Mayor of Honolulu who took control over Honolulu Hawai'i after the city was attacked on December 7, 1941 by the Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Neal Shaw Blaisdell ( November 6, 1902 – October 5, 1975) served as Mayor of Honolulu from 1954 to 1968 as a member of the Hawaii Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Francis Fasi (born August 27, 1920) is a United States Politician having the distinction as the longest serving Mayor of Honolulu Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Eileen Anderson (born October 18, 1928 in Bell, California) is the first and so far only woman to serve as Mayor of Honolulu Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Jeremy Harris, born December 7, 1950 in Wilmington Delaware, served as Mayor of Honolulu from 1994 to 2004 Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Muliufi Francis "Mufi" Hannemann is an American politician and currently the Mayor of Honolulu. 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