Colleen Hanabusa

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Colleen Hanabusa

Member of the Hawaii Senate
from the 21st district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1999
Born May 4, 1951 (1951-05-04) (age 58)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Political party Democratic
Profession attorney
Religion Buddhist

Colleen Hanabusa is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 21st District since 1999 and serving as the President of the Senate since 2003. she is the first woman to lead either house in the Hawai'i legislature. Her district includes Ko 'Olina, Kahe Point, Nanakuli, Ma'ili, Wai'anae, Makaha, Makua and Ka'ena Point.

Senator Hanabusa, a fourth-generation Japanese American[1], is a 1969 graduate of the St. Andrew's Priory. She received her B.A. in Economics & Sociology in 1973 and her M.A. in Sociology in 1975 from the University of Hawaii and in 1977 received her J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law.

In December 2007, Hanabusa hosted a gathering of fellow Senate presidents from Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands that resulted in the formation of the Outlying Areas Senate Presidents Caucus.

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  1. ^ Rees, Robert M. (June 12, 2002), "Queen of the Senate Colleen Hanabusa of Wai‘anae has what most Hawai‘i politicians don't: character", Honolulu Weekly, http://www.honoluluweekly.com/archives/coverstory%20%202002/06-12-02%20Hanabusa/06-12-02%20Hanabusa.html 
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