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Government of Hawaii

For other uses, see Government of Hawaii (disambiguation).

Government of Hawaii
Great Seal of the State of Hawaii
Part of	United States of America
Constitution	Constitution of Hawaii
Legislative branch
Name	Legislature
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Hawaii State Capitol
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Ron Kouchi, President
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Scott Saiki, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	Governor
Currently	Josh Green
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	Hawaii State Capitol
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Hawaii
Courts	Courts of Hawaii
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Chief judge	Mark E. Recktenwald
Seat	Honolulu, Hawaii

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.

• Governor of Hawaii
• Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

The current Governor of Hawaii is Josh Green (D) and the current Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii is Sylvia Luke (D).

• 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)
  • 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 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]

• Hawaii State Legislature
  • Hawaii State House of Representatives
  • Hawaii State Senate

• Hawaii State Judiciary
  • Supreme Court of Hawaii
  • Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hawaii State Circuit Courts
  • Hawaii State Family Courts
  • Hawaii State District Courts
  • Hawaii State Land Court
  • Hawaii State Tax Appeal Court

• Office of Hawaiian Affairs

• 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

• 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.

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