Mayor of Maui County

The Mayor of Maui County is the chief executive officer of the County of Maui in the state of Hawaii. The Mayor has municipal jurisdiction over the islands of Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui and Molokai. The Mayor of Maui County is the successor of the Royal Governor of Maui of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Mayor of Maui County
Incumbent Richard Bissen since January 3, 2023
Term length	4 years, renewable once consecutively[1]
Constituting instrument	Maui County Charter
Inaugural holder	Elmer Cravalho
Formation	January 2, 1969

The current mayor of Maui County is former State jurist Richard Bissen. Bissen was elected as mayor in 2022, defeating his predecessor Mike Victorino.^[2] Prominent former mayors include Linda Lingle, the sixth governor of Hawaii and first woman governor, who was mayor from 1991 to 1999.

List of Maui County Mayors

Mayor	Term begins	Term ends	Notes
Elmer Cravalho	January 2, 1969[3]	July 24, 1979[3]	First Mayor of Maui
Hannibal Tavares	October 1979[4]	January 2, 1991	Tavares won a special election in October 1979 following Cravalho's resignation in July.[4][5]
Linda Lingle	January 2, 1991	January 2, 1999	6th Governor of Hawaii Dec 2, 2002 – Dec 6, 2010
James "Kimo" Apana	January 2, 1999	January 2, 2003
Alan Arakawa	January 2, 2003	January 2, 2007
Charmaine Tavares	January 2, 2007	January 2, 2011
Alan Arakawa	January 2, 2011	January 2, 2019
Michael Victorino	January 2, 2019	January 3, 2023
Richard Bissen	January 3, 2023	Present