Summary
The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii, the 50th state to have joined the United States.
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Departments & Agencies
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Accounting & General Services (DAGS), Department of
Agriculture (HDOA), Department of
Attorney General (AG), Department of
Budget & Finance (B&F), Department of
Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), Department of
City & County of Honolulu
Commerce & Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Department of
County of Hawaiʻi
County of Kauaʻi
County of Maui
Defense (DOD), Department of
East-West Center
Education (DOE), Department of
Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), Office of
Governor
Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Office of
Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), Department of
Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation
Health (DOH), Department of
Human Resources Development (DHRD), Department of
Human Services (DHS), Department of
Information Practices, Office of (OIP)
Judiciary
Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR), Department of
Land & Natural Resources (DLNR), Department of
Legislature, Hawaiʻi State
Lieutenant Governor
Public Safety (DPS), Department of
Taxation, Department of
Transportation (DOT), Department of
University of Hawaiʻi
Boards & Commissions
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The Governor appoints and nominates to more than 170 boards and commissions established by state constitution, state statutes or executive orders. Boards and commissions provide an opportunity for citizens to have a voice in their government and provide a means of influencing decisions that shape the quality of life for the residents of Hawaiʻi.
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The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: 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
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
- State of Hawaii Department of Defense (see also Hawaii National Guard)
- Department of Education
- 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 Public Safety[a]
- Department of Taxation
- Department of Transportation
- University of Hawaii
[a]In 2024, the Department of Public Safety will be split up into the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Law Enforcement.[1]
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
- ^ Boneza, Jenn (19 January 2023). "Department of Law Enforcement on track to begin operations in 2024". KHON2. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- Marumoto, Claire (September 2013). Guide to Government in Hawaii (PDF) (14 ed.). Honolulu: Legislative Reference Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.