Waihe'e, John D. (John David), III, 1946-
John David Waiheʻe III (born May 19, 1946) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the fourth governor of Hawaii from 1986 to 1994. He was the first American of Native Hawaiian descent to be elected to the office from any state of the United States.
Born in Honoka'a on the Island of Hawaii, he graduated from Hawaiian Mission Academy in Honolulu before attending Andrews University, where he earned B.A. degrees in business and history and the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he earned a J.D. Waiheʻe started his political career as a delegate to the 1978 Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention where he was instrumental in the creation of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the adoption of the Hawaiian language as an official language of the state. He later served one term as a Democratic member of the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1982. Waiheʻe was elected lieutenant governor of Hawaii under Governor George Ariyoshi, serving in that capacity until 1986.
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