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Mazie Hirono
?野 慶子
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Assumed office
January 3, 2013
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Preceded by
| Daniel Akaka
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In office
January 3, 2007 ? January 3, 2013
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Preceded by
| Ed Case
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Succeeded by
| Tulsi Gabbard
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In office
December 2, 1994 ? December 2, 2002
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Governor
| Ben Cayetano
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Preceded by
| Ben Cayetano
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Succeeded by
| James Aiona
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In office
January 3, 1993 ? December 2, 1994
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Preceded by
| Gene Ward
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Succeeded by
| Terry Nui Yoshinaga
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In office
January 3, 1985 ? January 3, 1993
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Preceded by
| Clarice Hashimoto
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Succeeded by
| Len Pepper
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In office
January 3, 1983 ? January 3, 1985
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Preceded by
| Mitsuo Shito
Daniel Kihano
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Succeeded by
| Campbell Cavasso
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In office
January 3, 1981 ? January 3, 1983
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Preceded by
| Clifford Uwaine
David Hagino
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Succeeded by
| Barbara Marumoto
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Born
| Mazie Keiko Hirono
(
1947-11-03
)
November 3, 1947
(age 76)
Fukushima
,
Japan
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Political party
| Democratic
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Spouse(s)
| Leighton Kim Oshima
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Alma mater
| University of Hawaii, Manoa
Georgetown University
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Mazie Keiko Hirono
(born November 3, 1947) is an
American
politician
. She is best known as the first
Asian-American
woman elected to the US Senate.
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Hirono was born in Fukushima, Japan. At the age of 8, she emigrated to Hawaii with her mother. She became a US citizen in 1959.
[1]
She considers herself among the
Issei
who are immigrants born in Japan.
[2]
Hirono was elected three times to the US House of Representatives. She was a member of Congress for
Hawaii
's 2nd congressional district before she was elected to the US Senate in 2012.
[1]
In May 2017, Hirono was diagnosed with
kidney cancer
.
[3]
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