Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Incumbent Sylvia Luke since December 5, 2022
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	James Kealoha
Formation	August 21, 1959 (1959-08-21)
Website	Office of the Lt. Governor

The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Hope kiaʻāina o Hawaiʻi) is the assistant chief executive of the U.S. state of Hawaii.

List

Parties

  Democratic (12)   Republican (2)

#	Picture	Lt. Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Governor(s) served under
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	December 2, 1978	December 2, 1982	Democratic
7		John D. Waiheʻe	December 2, 1982	December 2, 1986	Democratic
8		Ben Cayetano	December 2, 1986	December 2, 1994	Democratic	John D. Waiheʻe
9		Mazie Hirono	December 2, 1994	December 2, 2002	Democratic	Ben Cayetano
10		Duke 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	January 31, 2018	Democratic
						David Ige
13		Doug Chin	February 2, 2018	December 3, 2018	Democratic
14		Josh Green	December 3, 2018	December 5, 2022	Democratic
15		Sylvia Luke	December 5, 2022	Incumbent	Democratic	Josh Green

Living former lieutenant governors of Hawaii

Lieutenant Governor	Term	Date of birth (and age)
George Ariyoshi	1970–1974	(1926-03-12) March 12, 1926
John D. Waiheʻe III	1982–1986	(1946-05-19) May 19, 1946
Ben Cayetano	1986–1994	(1939-11-04) November 4, 1939
Mazie Hirono	1994–2002	(1947-11-03) November 3, 1947
Duke Aiona	2002–2010	(1955-06-08) June 8, 1955
Brian Schatz	2010–2012	(1972-10-20) October 20, 1972
Shan Tsutsui	2012–2018	(1971-08-09) August 9, 1971
Doug Chin	2018	(1966-07-21) July 21, 1966
Josh Green	2018–2022	(1970-02-11) February 11, 1970

Other websites

• Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi - Official Site
• http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conart5.html Archived 2021-02-01 at the Wayback Machine