Kuhina Nui

Kuhina Nui of Hawaii
Flag of the Kuhina Nui
StyleHis/Her Highness
AppointerKing(s) of Hawaii
Precursornone
Formation1819
First holderKaʻahumanu I
Final holderMataio Kekūanaōʻa
Abolished1864
Successionnone

Kuhina Nui was a powerful office in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1819 to 1864. It was usually held by a relative of the king and was the rough equivalent of the 19th-century European office of Prime Minister or sometimes Regent.

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