Mazie K Hirono

Mazie K. Hirono assumed office in January 2013, representing Hawaii in the United States Senate.

Hirono was born November 3, 1947, in Fukushima, Japan, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1970 and completed her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center 1978. After graduation, Hirono worked in the antitrust division of the Hawaii attorney general's office.

In 1980, Hirono was elected to the Hawaii state House of Representatives, serving from 1980 to 1994. In 1994, she served two four-year terms as Hawaii's lieutenant governor. From 2007 to 2012, she served Hawaii's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

For information on Hirono's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

Sources:

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (n.d.). Hirono, Mazie (1947-). Retrieved on May 6, 2020, from https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H001042.

Hirono, M.K. (n.d.). About Mazie. Retrieved on May 6, 2020, from https://www.hirono.senate.gov/about.