Government of Hawaii
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{{Infobox political system|name=Government of Hawaii|native_name=|image=Seal of the State of Hawaii.svg|image_size=150|caption=Great Seal of the State of Hawaii|part_of=United States of America|constitution=Constitution of Hawaii|legislature=Legislature|legislature_type=Bicameral|legislature_place=Hawaii State Capitol|upperhouse=Senate|upperhouse_speaker=Ron Kouchi|upperhouse_speaker_title=President|lowerhouse=House of Representatives|lowerhouse_speaker=Scott Saiki|lowerhouse_speaker_title=Speaker|title_hosag=Governor|current_hosag=Josh Green|appointer_hosag=Election|cabinet_leader=Governor|cabinet_deputyleader=Lieutenant Governor|cabinet_hq=Hawaii State Capitol|judiciary=Judiciary of Hawaii|judiciary_head_title=Chief Justice|courts=Courts of Hawaii|court1=Supreme Court of Hawaii|chief_judge1=Mark E. Recktenwald|court_seat1=Honolulu, Hawaii}}The Government of Hawaii ({{langx|haw|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=
The current Governor of Hawaii is Josh Green (D) and the current Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii is Sylvia Luke (D).
=Agencies=
- 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
- Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- State of Hawaii Department of Defense (see also Hawaii National Guard)
- Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
- Department of Education
- Hawaii State Public Library System
- 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 Law Enforcement
- Department of Taxation
- Department of Transportation
- University of Hawaii
Former Agencies
[a]In 2024, the Department of Public Safety was split up into the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Law Enforcement.{{cite news |last1=Boneza |first1=Jenn |title=Department of Law Enforcement on track to begin operations in 2024 |url=https://www.khon2.com/local-news/department-of-law-enforcement-begins-operations/ |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=KHON2 |date=19 January 2023}}
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
Independent state agencies
Counties
- 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
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- {{cite book |last1=Marumoto |first1=Claire |title=Guide to Government in Hawaii |date=September 2013 |publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau |location=Honolulu |edition=14 |url=http://lrbhawaii.org/gd/gdgovhi.pdf |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213123627/http://lrbhawaii.org/gd/gdgovhi.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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{{Oceania topic|Government of|title=Governments of Oceania}}
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