Colleen Hanabusa
Colleen Hanabusa represented Hawaii’s 1st district in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2019.
A lawyer, Hanabusa served in the Hawaii Senate from 1998 to 2010 and led the chamber as president from 2007 to 2010.
Hanabusa earned a bachelor’s degree in 1973, a master’s degree in 1975 and a law degree in 1977 from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. A lawyer before serving in Congress, Hanabusa was a member of the Hawaii Senate from 1998 to 2010 and served as Senate majority leader before becoming Senate president from 2007 to 2010. Hanabusa served in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. Hanabusa ran for Hawaii governor in 2018 and for mayor of Honolulu in 2020. Hanabusa served on the board of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and retired from the board in 2025.Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- In House
- 2011–2019
- Age
- 75
- IN HOUSE
- 2011–19
- AGE
- 75
Photo: GPO Pictorial Directory, 115th Congress / Public domain
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PUBLIC SERVICE · 1998 – 2019
- 2011 – 19U.S. House · HI-1
- 2007 – 10Speaker
- 1998 – 10Hawaii State Senate
- BORN
- May 4, 1951 · Waianae, Hawaii
- EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1973 · Master of Arts, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1975 · Juris Doctor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 1977 · William S. Richardson School of Law
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