Breene Harimoto | |
State Senate1: | Hawaii |
District1: | 16th |
Term Start1: | January 21, 2015 |
Term End1: | June 18, 2020 |
Predecessor1: | David Ige |
Successor1: | Bennette Misalucha |
Office2: | Member of the Honolulu City Council from the 8th district |
Term Start2: | January 2, 2011 |
Term End2: | November 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Gary Okino |
Successor2: | Brandon Elefante |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1954 |
Birth Place: | Pearl City, Hawaii |
Death Place: | Pearl City, Hawaii |
Party: | Democratic |
Breene Harimoto (May 6, 1954 – June 18, 2020) was an American politician who served in the Hawaii Senate from the 16th district from 2015 to 2020. He served on the Honolulu City Council from the 8th district from 2011 to 2014.[1] [2]
Harimoto was appointed to the Hawaii Board of Education in May 2002 by Governor Ben Cayetano.[3] He served on that board until his resignation in June 2010,[4] and briefly served as the board chair. Prior to his appointment to the board, he had served as the deputy director of the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Information Technology.
Harimoto died of pancreatic cancer on June 18, 2020, in Pearl City, Hawaii at the age of 66.[5]