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The Government of Hawaii () is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii, the 50th state to have joined the
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Executive branch


Statewide elected offices

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Governor of Hawaii The governor of Hawaii () is the head of government of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes bei ...
* Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii The current Governor of Hawaii is Josh Green (D) and the current Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii is Sylvia Luke (D).


Agencies

* Department of Accounting and General Services *
Department of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
* Department of the Attorney General * Department of Budget and Finance * Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism * Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs * Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation * State of Hawaii Department of Defense (''see also'' Hawaii National Guard) ** Hawaii Emergency Management Agency *
Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
** Hawaii State Public Library System * Department of Hawaiian Homelands *
Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their o ...
* Department of Human Resources Development * Department of Human Services * Department of Labor and Industrial Relations * Department of Land and Natural Resources * Department of Law Enforcement * Department of Taxation * Department of Transportation *
University of Hawaii A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...
Former Agencies * Department of Public Safety /sup>In 2024, the Department of Public Safety was split up into the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Law Enforcement.


Legislative branch

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Hawaii State Legislature The Hawaii State Legislature ( Hawaiian: Ka ‘Aha‘ōlelo kau kānāwai o ka Moku‘āina o Hawai‘i) is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaii State Senate (upper house with 25 senators) and t ...
** Hawaii State House of Representatives ** Hawaii State Senate


Judicial branch

* Hawaii State Judiciary **
Supreme Court of Hawaii The Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions ...
** Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals ** Hawaii State Circuit Courts ** Hawaii State Family Courts **
Hawaii State District Courts The Hawaii state district courts are a level of state courts in Hawaii. In addition, the district courts have jurisdiction over: * Civil cases with an amount in controversy not in excess of $25,000 or where the relief sought is specific perform ...
** Hawaii State Land Court ** Hawaii State Tax Appeal Court


Independent state agencies

* Office of Hawaiian Affairs


Counties

* County of Hawaii – county seat in Hilo * City and County of Honolulu – county seat in
Honolulu Honolulu ( ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the Consolidated city-county, consolidated City and County of Honol ...
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Kalawao County Kalawao () is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century. Thousands of people in total came to the island to ...
* County of Kauai – county seat in Lihue * County of Maui – county seat in Wailuku


References

* {{Set index article Hawaii-related lists
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...