Government of Hawaii

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

Executive branch

Statewide elected offices

• Governor of Hawaii
• 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
• 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
• Hawaii State Public Library System
• Department of Hawaiian Homelands
• Department of Health
• 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

Former Agencies

• Department of Public Safety

^[a]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

• Hawaii State Legislature
• Hawaii State House of Representatives
• Hawaii State Senate

Judicial branch

• Hawaii State Judiciary
• Supreme Court of Hawaii
• Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
• Hawaii State Circuit Courts
• Hawaii State Family Courts
• Hawaii State District Courts
• Hawaii State Land Court
• Hawaii State Tax Appeal Court

Independent state agencies

• Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Counties

• County of HawaiÊ»i – county seat in Hilo
• City and County of Honolulu – county seat in Honolulu
• Kalawao County
• County of KauaÊ»i – county seat in LÄ«huÊ»e
• County of Maui – county seat in Wailuku

References