1. Muliufi Francis Hannemann was born on July 16,1954 and is an American politician, businessman, and non-profit executive.
26 Facts About Mufi Hannemann
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Mufi Hannemann was elected twice as Mayor of Honolulu in 2004 and 2008.
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Mufi Hannemann served as chairman of the Honolulu City Council.
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Muliufi Francis Mufi Hannemann was raised in the Honolulu community of Kalihi by his German-Samoan father, Gustav Arthur Tafu Tupulo Mufi Hannemann III, and Samoan mother, Faiaso Soli'ai, whose grandfather High Chief Muliufi Soliai was one of the original signatories to the deed of cession that transformed Eastern Samoa and the Manua Islands into the US Territory of American Samoa.
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Mufi Hannemann graduated with honors and competed in basketball and American football.
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Mufi Hannemann returned to Honolulu after his studies to become an educator at his alma mater, Iolani School.
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Mufi Hannemann is the Principal and Founder of MFH Enterprises, a professional consulting firm that does business in Hawaii, the mainland US and the Pacific Rim.
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In 1986, Mufi Hannemann ran for the First District in the US House that was being vacated by Cecil Heftel, who sought the governorship that year.
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Mufi Hannemann won the Democratic primary election but lost the special election to fill Heftel's unexpired term to Neil Abercrombie.
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Mufi Hannemann again lost in the general election to Republican candidate Pat Saiki.
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Mufi Hannemann lost the Democratic primary to Patsy Mink, who eventually won the seat.
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In 1994, Mufi Hannemann was elected to the Honolulu City Council representing Aiea and Pearl City, and in 1996 he founded the Pacific Century Fellows Program modeled after the White House Fellows Program.
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Mufi Hannemann served as Council Chairman from 1998 to 1999.
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In 2004 Mufi Hannemann again ran for Mayor, this time to replace Harris, who was unable to seek a third full term as Mayor due to term limits.
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Mufi Hannemann's opponent was former City Council colleague Duke Bainum.
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Mufi Hannemann was sworn in as mayor on January 2,2005.
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The project eventually became a major issue when Mufi Hannemann came up for reelection in 2008, with his odds of success tied to public perception of it.
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Mufi Hannemann is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
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In 2009, Mufi Hannemann was sworn into his second term as mayor of Honolulu by Bode Uale.
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On July 20,2010, Mufi Hannemann resigned his position as mayor to compete in the 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election.
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On September 18,2010, Mufi Hannemann lost the Democratic primary to Neil Abercrombie by approximately twenty-one percentage points.
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Mufi Hannemann announced his intention to run for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional district seat on August 30,2011.
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Mufi Hannemann lost the primary election to Tulsi Gabbard on August 11,2012, by approximately twenty percentage points.
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On May 31,2020, Mufi Hannemann announced that he would be filing nomination papers to run for Honolulu Mayor again.
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Mufi Hannemann's brother Nephi Hannemann was a Polynesian actor and singer.
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Mufi Hannemann's cousin, Jacob Hannemann, is a former Major League Baseball player.