Mazie Hirono, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mazie Hirono

United States Senator from Hawaii

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1947

Place of Birth: Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Mazie Hirono

  • Mazie Keiko Hirono (; Japanese name: ?? ??, Hirono Keiko; born November 3, 1947) is a Japanese-born American politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States Senator from Hawaii.
  • She is a member of the Democratic Party.
  • Hirono served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995 and as Hawaii's ninth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002, under Ben Cayetano.
  • The Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, Hirono was defeated by Republican Linda Lingle.
  • From 2007 to 2013, she served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. Hirono is the first elected female senator from Hawaii, the first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, the first U.S.
  • senator born in Japan, and the nation's first Buddhist senator.
  • She considers herself a non-practicing Buddhist and is often cited with Hank Johnson as the first Buddhist to serve in the United States Congress.
  • She is the third woman to be elected to Congress from Hawaii (after Patsy Mink and Pat Saiki).
  • In 2012, Hirono was the Democratic nominee for the U.S.
  • Senate seat being vacated by the retirement of Daniel Akaka.
  • Hirono won the election, defeating Lingle in a landslide, 63% to 37%.
  • She was sworn in on January 3, 2013, by Vice President Joe Biden.
  • Hirono was the only person of Asian ancestry serving in the U.S.
  • Senate from 2013 until 2017, when senators Tammy Duckworth and Kamala Harris were sworn in, representing Illinois and California, respectively.
  • Although Brian Schatz joined the Senate a week before Hirono, following the death of Daniel Inouye, making him Hawaii's senior senator, her six years in the House of Representatives makes her the dean, or longest-serving member overall, of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

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