Mufi Hannemann | |
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12th Mayor of Honolulu | |
In office January 2, 2005 – July 20, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Jeremy Harris |
Succeeded by | Kirk Caldwell |
Personal details | |
Born | Muliufi Francis Hannemann July 16, 1954 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii |
Political party | Democratic (Before 2014) Independent (2014–present) |
Spouse | Gail Mukaihata |
Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Muliufi Francis Hannemann (born July 16, 1954) is an American politician, businessman, and non-profit executive. He was elected twice as Mayor of Honolulu in 2004 and 2008. Hannemann has served as a special assistant in Washington, D.C., with the Department of the Interior, where he was selected for a White House fellowship in the Reagan administration under Vice President George H. W. Bush. He also served as chairman of the Honolulu City Council. He is the first person of Samoan descent and the second member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve as Mayor of Honolulu (Neal Blaisdell was the first).