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.
The current mayor of Maui County is former State jurist Richard Bissen. Bissen was elected as mayor in 2022, defeating his predecessor Mike Victorino. Prominent former mayors include Linda Lingle, the sixth governor of Hawaii and first List of [female governors in the United States|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 | July 24, 1979 | First Mayor of Maui |
| Hannibal Tavares | October 1979 | January 2, 1991 | Tavares won a special election in October 1979 following Cravalho's resignation in July. |
| 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 |