East-West Center Oral History Project: George Ariyoshi
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Ariyoshi, George R. (George Ryoichi), 1926-
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George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (born March 12, 1926) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. He is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S. state. Ariyoshi is now considered an elder statesman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Born in Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii, he graduasted from McKinley High School there before serving with the Military Intell...
