Kuhina Nui of Hawaii | |
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Style | His/Her Highness |
Appointer | King(s) of Hawaii |
Precursor | none |
Formation | 1819 |
First holder | Kaʻahumanu I |
Final holder | Mataio Kekūanaōʻa |
Abolished | 1864 |
Succession | none |
Kuhina Nui was a powerful[clarification needed] office in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1819 to 1864. It was usually held by a relative of the king and was the rough equivalent of the 19th-century European office of Prime Minister or sometimes Regent.