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{{Short description|Chief executive of the U.S. state of Hawaii}}
{{For|a list|List of governors of Hawaii}}
The '''Governor of Hawaii''' ({{langx|haw|Ke Kiaʻaina o Hawaiʻi}}) is the [[head of government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Hawaii]] and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the [[Constitution of Hawaii|Hawaii 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.
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2018}}The Incumbent Governor is Democrat [[Josh Green (politician)|Josh Green]].
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| body = Hawaii
| native_name = <small>{{langx|haw|Ke Kiaʻaina o Hawaiʻi}}</small>
| insignia = Logo of the Office of the Governor of Hawaii.png
| insigniasize = 110px
| insigniacaption = Gubernatorial logo
| flag = Flag of the Governor of Hawaii.svg
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = Standard of the governor
| image = File:Josh Green Official Photo 2022 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Josh Green (politician)| Josh Green]]
| incumbentsince = December 5, 2022
| department = [[Government of Hawaii]]
| residence = [[Washington Place]]
| termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively
| precursor = Governor of [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1959|8|21|p=1|br=1}}
| salary = $165,048<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Hawaii_state_government_salary | title=Hawaii state government salary }}</ref>
| inaugural = [[William F. Quinn]]
| succession = [[Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States#Hawaii|Line of succession]]
| deputy = [[Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii]]
| website = {{official website}}
}}
{{Politics of Hawaii}}
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The governor is responsible for enforcing laws passed by the [[Hawaii State Legislature]] and upholding rulings of the [[Judiciary of Hawaii|Hawaii State Judiciary]]. The role includes being [[commander-in-chief]] of the armed forces of Hawaii and having the power to use those forces to execute laws, suppress insurrection and violence and repel invasion. The [[lieutenant governor of Hawaii]] becomes [[acting governor]] upon the officeholder's absence from the state or if the person is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office. Historically, the Governor of Hawaii has been from either the [[Democratic Party of Hawaii]] or [[Hawaii Republican Party]].

The current governor of Hawaii is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Josh Green (politician)|Josh Green]],  who assumed the position on December 5, 2022. Hawaii was the first U.S. state to have an [[Asian American]] chief executive; [[George Ariyoshi]] served three terms between 1974 and 1986.

==Qualifications==
The governor of Hawaii 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. There is no lifetime limit on the number of times a governor may be elected, but a governor who has been elected to two consecutive terms must be out of office for at least one election cycle before being eligible once again for re-election. A Governor is:
* required to be at least 30 years old,
* required to have been a resident of Hawaii for five consecutive years previous to election,
* barred from other professions or paid positions during the term.

==Authority==
[[File:Flag of the Governor of Hawaii.svg|left|thumb|170px|[[Flags of governors of the U.S. states|Flag of the governor]]]]
[[File:Flag of the Governor of Hawaii pre-1959.svg|left|170px|thumb|Flag of the governor before statehood in 1959]]
The governor and lieutenant governor (running together on the same ticket) are the only two elected statewide executive officers in Hawaii.  All other statewide executives (attorney general, auditor, etc.) are appointed by either the governor or the state legislature.

Also, the governor of Hawaii has wide-reaching authority comparably stronger than the other governors in the Union;<ref>[http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2010/12/06/6969-abercrombie-will-have-exceptional-power/ Civil Beat article about the Hawaii governor's authorities]</ref>  administrative powers are more centralized than that of most other states with little authority devolved to the [[County (United States)|counties]], and unlike other states there are no local [[school district]]s. Included within the governor's sphere of jurisdiction is the power to appoint all [[judge]]s of the various courts within the Hawaiian judicial system, subject to [[Hawaii Senate|Senatorial]] approval.

The state of Hawaii does not have fixed cabinet positions and departments. By law, the governor of Hawaii has the power to create their cabinet and departments as needed as long as the executive department is composed of no more than twenty bodies and cabinet members. The governor of Hawaii is also empowered to remove cabinet officers at will, with the exception of the attorney general of Hawaii, who must be removed by an act of the [[Hawaii Senate|Hawaii State Senate]].

==Residence==
The governor of Hawaii's official residence was [[Washington Place]], a mansion that was once a minor royal palace of [[Liliʻuokalani|Queen Lili{{okina}}uokalani]] and her husband, [[John Owen Dominis|Prince Consort John Owen Dominis]]. The mansion is located across the street from the [[Hawaii State Capitol]], where the Office of the Governor is located, and is accessed from the Capitol through underground passages beneath Beretania Street in [[downtown Honolulu]]. Befitting of its history as a former royal palace, the governors of Hawaii have entertained royal families from around the world at Washington Place including Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and Emperors [[Hirohito]] and [[Akihito]].

In 2001,  the new mansion for the governor was built on the grounds of Washington Place, after the state decided to turn Washington Place into a museum, an idea supported by then-Governor [[Ben Cayetano|Benjamin J. Cayetano]] and family. This new mansion: Hale Kia Aina was completed in 2002 and Cayetano became the first governor to live in it for a few days before leaving office. His successor, Governor [[Linda Lingle]], became the first governor to begin a term in the new mansion. Despite the building of this new mansion, Washington Place remains the official residence of the governor and is still used for state dinners and other official functions.

==Succession==
{{main|Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Hawaii}}

==Timeline==
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==See also==
{{Portal|Hawaii}}
{{commons category|Governors of Hawaii}}
* [[List of governors of Hawaii]]
* [[Governors of Hawaii (island)|Royal Governor of Hawaii]]
*[[Governors of Maui|Royal Governor of Maui]]
*[[Governors of Oahu|Royal Governor of Oahu]]
*[[Governors of Kauai|Royal Governor of Kauai]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101109184648/http://www.state.hi.us/lrb/con/ Constitution of the State of Hawaii]
* [http://www.hawaii.gov/gov/ Office of the Governor of Hawaii]

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