Mayor of Honolulu

The Mayor of Honolulu is the chief executive officer of the City & County of Honolulu and considered the second most powerful official in Hawaii. An office established in 1900, the Mayor of Honolulu is elected by universal suffrage of residents of Honolulu to no more than two four-year terms. The Mayor of Honolulu is only one of two officers elected countywide; the other is the prosecuting attorney.

Related Topics:
City & County of Honolulu - Hawaii - 1900 - Universal suffrage

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The Mayor of Honolulu is one of the most powerful mayors in the United States in terms of the limits of the officer's abilities, the size of the budget he or she controls and the unique relationship the officer has in association with the mayors of Asian and Pacific Rim nations. The Mayor of Honolulu has full control over appointment and removal of administrators, is invested with absolute control over department heads, wields veto power over the Honolulu City Council and has substantial control over the budget totaling in excess of USD $1 Billion.

Related Topics:
United States - Asian - Pacific Rim - Honolulu City Council

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The current mayor of Honolulu is Mufi Hannemann.

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