Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hawaii)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hawaiian: Kuhina o ko na Aina E) was a powerful office in the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Provisional Government of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii from 1843 to 1900. It made up one of the four offices of the monarchical or presidential cabinet which advised the Head of State of Hawaii on executive affairs. During the monarchy, ministers were also ex-officio members of the Privy Council and the House of Nobles in the legislature. During the republic, ministers were ex-officio members of both houses of the legislature. The head of state had the power to appoint the ministers but later Hawaiian constitutions limited the power the head of state had in removing the cabinet ministers by requiring a vote of no confidence from a majority of the elective members of the legislature. All acts of the head of state had to be countersigned by a minister.

Foreign Minister of the Kingdom (Republic) of Hawaii Kuhina o ko na Aina E
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Appointer	Monarchs of Hawaii President of Hawaii
Inaugural holder	Gerrit P. Judd
Formation	1843

Ministers of Foreign Affairs

#	Name	Picture	Birth	Death	Assumed office	Left office	Notes	Head of state
1	Gerrit Parmele Judd		April 23, 1803	July 12, 1873	November 2, 1843	March 26, 1845		Kamehameha III
2	Robert Crichton Wyllie		October 13, 1798	October 19, 1865	March 26, 1845	October 19, 1865		Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, and Kamehameha V
3	Charles de Varigny		November 25, 1829	November 9, 1899	December 21, 1865	November, 1869	Office terminated after returning to France.	Kamehameha V
4	Charles Coffin Harris		June 9, 1822	July 2, 1881	December 21, 1869	August 25, 1872		Kamehameha V
5	Ferdinand William Hutchison		circa 1819	May 20, 1893	September 10, 1872	January 10, 1873		Kamehameha V, Lunalilo
6	Charles Reed Bishop		January 25, 1822	June 7, 1915	January 10, 1873	February 17, 1874		Lunalilo, Kalākaua
7	William Lowthian Green		September 13, 1819	December 7, 1890	February 17, 1874	December 5, 1876	1st term	Kalākaua
8	Henry Alpheus Peirce Carter		August 7, 1837	November 1, 1891	December 5, 1876	March 1, 1878		Kalākaua
9	Henry Augustus Peirce		December 15, 1808	July 29, 1885	March 1, 1878	July 3, 1878		Kalākaua
10	John Mākini Kapena		1843	October 23, 1887	July 3, 1878	August 14, 1880		Kalākaua
11	Celso Caesar Moreno		1830	May 22, 1901	August 14, 1880	August 19, 1880		Kalākaua
	John Edward Bush		February 15, 1842	June 28, 1906	August 19, 1880	September 22, 1880	acting	Kalākaua
12	William Lowthian Green		September 13, 1819	December 7, 1890	September 22, 1880	May 20, 1882	2nd term	Kalākaua
13	Walter Murray Gibson		March 6, 1822	January 21, 1888	May 20, 1882	June 30, 1886	1st term	Kalākaua
14	Robert James Creighton		circa 1835	May 22, 1893	June 30, 1886	October 13, 1886		Kalākaua
15	Walter Murray Gibson		March 6, 1822	January 21, 1888	October 13, 1886	July 1, 1887	2nd term	Kalākaua
16	Godfrey Brown		1838	January 9, 1928	July 1, 1887	December 28, 1887		Kalākaua
17	Jonathan Austin		November 7, 1829	December 7, 1892	December 28, 1887	June 17, 1890		Kalākaua
18	John Adams Cummins		March 17, 1835	March 21, 1913	June 17, 1890	February 25, 1891		Kalākaua, Liliuokalani
19	Samuel Parker		June 23, 1853	July 4, 1920	February 25, 1891	November 1, 1892	1st term	Liliuokalani
20	Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahī		January 13, 1842	September 14, 1896	November 1, 1892	November 1, 1892		Liliuokalani
21	Mark Prever Robinson		July 4, 1852	April 2, 1915	November 8, 1892	January 12, 1893		Liliuokalani
22	Samuel Parker		June 23, 1853	July 4, 1920	January 13, 1893	January 17, 1893	2nd term	Liliuokalani
23	Sanford Ballard Dole		April 23, 1844	June 9, 1926	January 17, 1893	July 4, 1894	Served as Head of State also	Himself as Head of Provisional Government
24	Francis March Hatch		June 7, 1852	March 19, 1923	July 4, 1894	November 6, 1895		President Dole
25	Henry Ernest Cooper		August 28, 1857	May 15, 1929	November 6, 1895	October 28, 1896	1st term	President Dole
	William Owen Smith		August 4, 1848	April 13, 1929	October 28, 1896	December 26, 1896	acting	President Dole
26	Henry Ernest Cooper		August 28, 1857	May 15, 1929	December 26, 1896	April 17, 1897	2nd term	President Dole
27	Samuel Mills Damon		March 13, 1845	July 1, 1924	April 17, 1897	April 28, 1897		President Dole
28	Henry Ernest Cooper		August 28, 1857	May 15, 1929	April 28, 1897	March 29, 1899	3rd term	President Dole
29	Ernest Augustus Mott-Smith		May 12, 1873	July 28, 1935	March 29, 1899	June 14, 1900		President Dole

See also

• Hawaii portal

• Cabinet of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Other members of the Hawaiian Cabinet

• Ministry of Finance (Hawaii)
• Ministry of the Interior (Hawaii)
• Ministry of Public Instruction (Hawaii)
• Attorney General of Hawaii

Sources

• Ben Cahoon (ed.). "Hawaiian Governments 1795-1900". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
• William Fremont Blackman (1906). "Appendix A. List of Hawaiian Officials". The Making of Hawaii: a Study in Social Evolution. The Macmillan Company. pp. 241–243.
• Newbury, Colin (2001). "Patronage and Bureaucracy in the Hawaiian Kingdom, 1840–1893". Pacific Studies. 24 (1–2). Laie, HI: Brigham Young University, Hawaii Campus: 1–38. OCLC 607265842. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15.
• Thomas G. Thrum (1890). "A List of All the Cabinet Ministers Who Have Held Office in the Hawaiian Kingdom". All about Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 92–97.