Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Lt. Governor of State of Hawaii
Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Incumbent Shan Tsutsui since December 27, 2012
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	James Kealoha
Formation	1959
Website	Office of the Governor

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The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi, concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaiʻi, is the assistant chief executive of that U.S. state and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaiʻi State Constitution Article V, Sections 2 though 6. He or she is elected by popular suffrage of residents of the state on the same ticket as the Governor of Hawaiʻi. The lieutenant governor becomes acting governor upon the absence of the governor from the state, or if the governor becomes disabled from duty. Historically, lieutenant governors were members of either the Hawaiʻi Democratic Party or Hawaiʻi Republican Party.

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. He or she must be thirty years old and be a resident of Hawaiʻi for five consecutive years previous to election. Unlike other states, the office of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi is a full-time position and requires that he or she be barred from other professions or paid positions during the term.

Lieutenant Governors

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Governor(s) Served With
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	1978	1982	Democratic
7	John D. Waihee III	December 2, 1982	December 2, 1986	Democratic
8	Benjamin J. Cayetano	December 2, 1986	December 2, 1994	Democratic	John Waihee
9	Mazie Hirono	December 2, 1994	December 2, 2002	Democratic	Benjamin J. Cayetano
10	James 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		Democratic

Resources

• Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi
• Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi