HONOLULU, Hawaii — Two months after winning a landslide victory for a second term as mayor
of Honolulu City and County, former Honolulu Hawaii West Stake high
councilor Mufi Hannemann was sworn in by Judge Bode A. Uale, president of
the Honolulu Hawaii Stake, on Friday, Jan. 2.
Hannemann and President Uale are making their mark in U.S.
history. Hannemann is the first Samoan American to be elected mayor
of a major U.S. city, and President Uale is the first family court judge
appointed in the U.S. who is of Samoan ancestry. Coincidentally, the two
are relatives with roots stemming from American Samoa.
\"It was only appropriate that Judge Bode Uale swore Mufi into office
because both are great leaders ecclesiastically and politically,\" said the
mayor's older brother, Gus Hannemann, who is a liaison consultant for the
Senate of the Government of American Samoa. He is also a former bishop of
the Moanalua Ward, Honolulu Hawaii Stake.This story is provided by the LDS Church News, an official publication of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is produced weekly by the
Deseret News.