Colleen Hanabusa
American politician (born 1951)
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa (born May 4, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician. She was the U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Hawaii from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019.[1]
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Early life
changeColleen was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1951.[1] She is the daughter of Japanese American parents. She calls herself Yonsei, which means that she is the great-granddaughter of people born in Japan who immigrated to the US.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Hanabusa, Colleen (1951- )"; retrieved 2012-12-2.
- ↑ "Ikebana, Strong and Balanced" at HanabusaforHawaii.com Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-12-2.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Colleen Hanabusa at Wikimedia Commons
- Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa at U.S. House website Archived 2012-12-11 at the Wayback Machine