Gene Ward


Gene R. Ward is an American politician and a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 2007 representing District 17. He currently serves as the Minority Leader. He is a Vietnam veteran and former Peace Corps Country Director in East Timor. He also served with the United Nations in Malawi, Africa and was a presidential appointee in USAID in the Bush Administration.

Education

Ward earned his BA, his MA, and his PhD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His dissertation was a comparative study of Hawaiians in business compared to Caucasians in business in Hawaii.

Elections