Michelle Kidani | |
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Vice President of the Hawaii Senate | |
Assumed office November 10, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Will Espero |
Member of the Hawaii Senate from the 18th district | |
Assumed office January 16,2013 | |
Preceded by | Clarence K. Nishihara |
Member of the Hawaii Senate from the 17th district | |
In office January 2009 –January 16,2013 | |
Preceded by | Ron Menor |
Succeeded by | Clarence K. Nishihara |
Personal details | |
Born | Honolulu,Hawaii,U.S. | September 30,1948
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Honolulu Business College Leeward Community College Kennedy-Western University (BS) |
Michelle N. Kidani [1] (born September 30,1948,in Honolulu,Hawaii) [2] is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since January 16,2013 representing District 18. Kidani served consecutively from 2009 until 2013 in the District 17 seat.
Kidani earned her Associate degree in 1969 as a legal secretary from Honolulu Business College,her AA in liberal arts in 1980 from Leeward Community College,and her Bachelor of Science in 1993 from unaccredited Kennedy-Western University (later Warren National University),a defunct higher education institution that was sued for fraudulent practices by former students and deemed a diploma mill by federal investigators. [3] As of 2023,she is the vice-chair of the Hawaii Senate Higher Education Committee. [4]
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