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The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) 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
• 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 Public Safety^[a]
• Department of Taxation
• Department of Transportation
• University of Hawaii

^[a]In 2024, the Department of Public Safety will be split up into the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Law Enforcement.^[1]

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 Hawaii – county seat in Hilo
• City and County of Honolulu – county seat in Honolulu
• Kalawao County
• County of Kauai – county seat in Lihue
• County of Maui – county seat in Wailuku

References

• Marumoto, Claire (September 2013). Guide to Government in Hawaii (PDF) (14 ed.). Honolulu: Legislative Reference Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.