The Mayor of Kauai is the chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of the County of Kauai

Kauai County, Hawaii

Kauai County is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Kauai, Niihau, Lehua, and Kaula, in the state of Hawaii. As of 2000 Census the population was 58,463...

 in the state

U.S. state

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 of Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

. He or she has municipal jurisdiction over the islands of Kauai

Kauai

Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...

 and Niihau

Niihau

Niihau or Niihau is the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii, having an area of . Niihau lies southwest of Kauai across the Kaulakahi Channel. Several intermittent playa lakes provide wetland habitats for the Hawaiian Coot, the Black-winged Stilt, and the...

. Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. was elected on November 4, 2008 as the
Mayor of Kaua'i over JoAnn A. Yukimura, Kauai's Mayor from 1988-1992, with 15,857 votes out of 40,323 registered votors in the County of Kaua'i. The Mayor of Kauai is the successor of the Royal Governors of Kauai of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Kingdom of Hawaii

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.

The most recent previous Mayor of Kauai, Bryan J. Baptiste

Bryan J. Baptiste

Bryan J. Baptiste was an American politician and member of the Republican politician. He served as mayor of the County of Kauai in Hawaii from 2002 until his death.Baptiste was born in Lihue, Kauai...

, served from 2002 until his death on June 22, 2008. Bill "Kaipo" Asing

Bill "Kaipo" Asing

Bill "Kaipo" Asing is an American politician. Asing served as the acting Mayor of Kauai from July 17, 2008, until December 1, 2008, following the death of former Mayor Bryan J. Baptiste.-Career:...

 was sworn as acting Mayor on July 17, 2008, until a special election could be held to fill the remaining two years of Baptiste's term.

Bernard Carvalho

Bernard Carvalho

Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. is an American politician and former football player, who has served as the Mayor of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii since December 1, 2008. Carvalho was elected in November 2008 to complete the unexpired term of former Mayor Bryan J. Baptiste, who died in office in June...

was elected on November 4, 2008 to complete the remaining two years of Baptiste's unexpired term.

External links

• " Kaua'i County 2008 Election Report," Kaua'i County Elections Division January 24, 2009.
• Kauai mayor Bryan Baptiste dies http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/06/23/daily4.html June 23, 2008.