The Governor of Hawaiʻi, also called Ke Kiaʻaina o Hawaiʻi, is the chief executive of the State of Hawaiʻi and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaiʻi State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The governor is responsible for enforcing laws passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and upholding rulings of the Hawaiʻi...
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The Governor of Hawaiʻi, also called Ke Kiaʻaina o Hawaiʻi, is the chief executive of the State of Hawaiʻi and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaiʻi State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The governor is responsible for enforcing laws passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and upholding rulings of the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary. The role includes being commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Hawaiʻi and having the power to use those forces to execute laws, suppress insurrection and violence and repel invasion. The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi becomes acting governor upon the governor's absence from the state or disability from discharging duties. Historically, the Governor of Hawaiʻi has been from either the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi or Hawaiʻi Republican Party.
The current Governor of Hawaiʻi is Republican Linda Lingle, who assumed the...
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