List of Presidents of the Hawaii Senate
After statehood

List of Presidents of the Hawaii Senate

Section Title: After statehood
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Sen.	Name	Party	Term of service

1st	William H. Hill	Republican	1959–1962

2nd	Nelson K. Doi	Democratic	1963–1964

3rd	Kazuhisa Abe	1965–1966

4th	John J. Hulten	1967–1968

5th	David C. McClung	1969–1974

6th	John T. Ushijima	1975–1978

7th	Richard S. H. Wong	1979 – December 1992

8th	James Aki	December 1992 – May 1993

9th	Norman Mizuguchi	May 1993 – December 2000

10th	Robert Bunda	December 2000 – January 2, 2009

11th	Colleen Hanabusa	January 2, 2009 – November 6, 2010

12th	Shan Tsutsui	November 6, 2010 – December 27, 2012

13th	Donna Mercado Kim	December 28, 2012 – May 5, 2015

14th	Ron Kouchi	May 5, 2015 – present

Sentence(s)

Donna Mercado Kim was the President of the Hawaii Senate for almost three years.

final_sentence: Donna Mercado Kim was the President of the Hawaii Senate for almost three years.