Ben Cayetano

Politician

1939 –

88

Who is Ben Cayetano?

Benjamin Jerome "Ben" Cayetano served as the fifth Governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States. On January 19, 2012 Cayetano announced that he would be running for Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu. Cayetano's main focus in his mayoral campaign is greater transparency in local government, including ending the Honolulu Rail Transit Project, a plan to build a 20-mile elevated steel on steel rail system in the city.

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Born
Nov 14, 1939
Kalihi
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Filipino American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Loyola Law School
  • Los Angeles Harbor College
  • Farrington High School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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