List of presidents of the Hawaii Senate


The President of the Hawaii Senate is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Hawaii Territorial and Hawaii State Legislature.

Territorial Senate

After statehood

Sen.NamePartyTerm of service
1stWilliam H. HillRepublican1959–1962
2ndNelson K. DoiDemocratic1963–1964
3rdKazuhisa AbeDemocratic1965–1966
4thJohn J. HultenDemocratic1967–1968
5thDavid C. McClungDemocratic1969–1974
6thJohn T. UshijimaDemocratic1975–1978
7thRichard S. H. WongDemocratic1979 – December 1992
8thJames AkiDemocraticDecember 1992 – May 1993
9thNorman MizuguchiDemocraticMay 1993 – December 2000
10thRobert BundaDemocraticDecember 2000 – January 2, 2009
11thColleen HanabusaDemocraticJanuary 2, 2009 – November 6, 2010
12thShan TsutsuiDemocraticNovember 6, 2010 – December 27, 2012
13thDonna Mercado KimDemocraticDecember 28, 2012 – May 5, 2015
14thRon KouchiDemocraticMay 5, 2015 – present