Mufi Hannemann
| Mufi Hannemann | |
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| 12th Mayor of Honolulu | |
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In office January 2, 2005 – July 20, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jeremy Harris |
| Succeeded by | Kirk Caldwell |
| Personal details | |
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Muliufi Francis Hannemann July 16, 1954 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Political party | Independent (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic (Before 2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Gail Mukaihata |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
Muliufi Francis "Mufi" 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 S. Blaisdell was the first).
Muliufi Francis Hannemann was raised in the Honolulu community of Kalihi by his German-Samoan father, Gustav Arthur Tafu Tupulo Hannemann III, and Samoan mother, Faiaso Soli'ai, whose grandfather High Chief Muliufi Soliai was one of the original signatories to the deed of cession that transformed Eastern Samoa and the Manua Islands into the US Territory of American Samoa. He attended Fern, Puʻuhale and Kalihi Kai elementary schools up to the seventh grade before being accepted to the ʻIolani School with a scholarship. He graduated with honors and competed in basketball and American football. In the fall of 1972, Hannemann left the Hawaiian Islands to attend Harvard University where he was elected freshman class president and was varsity basketball letterman. Upon graduation from Harvard in 1976, Hannemann continued his studies as a Fulbright Scholar at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He returned to Honolulu after his studies to become an educator at his alma mater, Iolani School. He was a history teacher and basketball coach.
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