George Ariyoshi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George Ariyoshi

American politician

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

George Ariyoshi, born as Ryoichi Ariyoshi (?? ??, Ariyoshi Ryoichi, born March 12, 1926), is an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986.
A Democrat, he is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S.
state.
He assumed gubernatorial powers and duties when Governor John A.
Burns was declared incapacitated in October 1973 and was elected in 1974 (assuming governorship December 1974), becoming the first Asian-American to be elected governor of a U.S.
state or territory.
His lengthy tenure is a record likely to remain unbroken due to term limits enacted after he left office.
Ariyoshi is now considered an elder statesman of the Democratic Party of Hawai?i.