Preceded by Elmer F. Cravalho Succeeded by Linda Lingle Role Politician | Name Hannibal Tavares Spouse(s) Harriet Tavares | |
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Died January 17, 1998, Wailuku, Hawaii, United States | ||
Hannibal M. Tavares (September 24, 1919 – January 17, 1998) was an American politician who had served as the 2nd Mayor of Maui from October 1979 until January 2, 1991. He was the longest-serving Mayor of Maui.
Life
Tavares was born in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, on September 24, 1919.
In 1978, Maui Mayor Elmer Cravalho won re-election for a second term. However, Cravalho suddenly left office in 1979, only months after winning re-election. The vacancy left by Cravalho's resignation necessitated a special mayoral election. In October 1979, Hannibal Tavares won the special mayoral election to complete the remainder of Cravalho's term.
Tavares went on to re-election and became Maui's longest serving Mayor to date. Tavares retired from office on January 2, 1991, and was succeeded by Republican Linda Lingle.
Tavares' daughter, Charmaine Tavares, served as the Mayor of Maui from January 2, 2007, to January 2, 2011. Both are the descendants of Portuguese immigrants who settled in Hawaii.
He died at Maui Memorial Hospital in Wailuku, Hawaii, on January 17, 1998, at the age of 78. A resident of Kula, Maui, Tavares was survived by his wife, Harriet Y.T; three children - Charmaine Tavares and Sharon Klaschka, and Gary Tavares; three sisters - Helen Medeiros, Margaret Roberts and Sophie Stone; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.