1. Benjamin Jerome Cayetano was born on November 14,1939 and is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002.
16 Facts About Ben Cayetano
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Ben Cayetano is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.
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Ben Cayetano was raised by his father in Kalihi, an ethnic Filipino neighborhood west of downtown Honolulu.
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Ben Cayetano received poor grades throughout his years at Farrington and was often disciplined by his teachers and counselors.
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Ben Cayetano attended Los Angeles Harbor College and transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1966.
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In 1972, Cayetano was appointed to the Hawaii Housing Authority by Governor John A Burns.
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For months leading into election day, Ben Cayetano trailed Lingle in the major media polls.
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On education, the Ben Cayetano administration built thirteen new schools, and he was able to persuade the teachers' union to extend the school year by seven days.
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On January 19,2012, Ben Cayetano came out of retirement to run for the office of Honolulu Mayor.
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Ben Cayetano continued his opposition to the rail, in 2017 urging the Federal Transit Authority to terminate further funding for it.
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Ben Cayetano became the first sitting governor of Hawaii to divorce while in office.
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Ben Cayetano is married to his second wife, Vicky Ben Cayetano, whom he married on May 5,1997.
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Ben Cayetano played a major supporting role opposite Elvis Presley in the musical film, It Happened at the World's Fair.
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Ben Cayetano has three children from his first marriage to Lorraine Cayetano: Brandon, Janeen, and Samantha.
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Vicky Ben Cayetano has two children, Marissa and William, from a previous marriage.
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Ben Cayetano appeared as himself in an episode of Baywatch Hawaii in 1999.