Frank Fasi

Frank Francis Fasi (August 27, 1920 – February 3, 2010) was an American politician who was the longest-serving Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, serving for 22 years.

[2] He finished 7th out of his class of 476 in high school, and graduated from Trinity College where he had been a history major on an academic scholarship.

Fasi settled in Honolulu, where he became an entrepreneur, opening his own contracting, building demolition and salvage company.

[4] In 1958, Fasi entered politics, winning his first race to represent his district in the senate of the Territory of Hawaii.

[5] After returning to his business, Fasi once again ran for office in 1965, winning a seat on the Honolulu City Council, where he served as a councilman through 1968.

[6] He then joined the Republican Party to stage a comeback and defeated Anderson in the 1984 election, returning to Honolulu Hale once again and serving as mayor through 1994,[5] when he resigned to seek the Hawaii governorship.

Fasi created the Summer Fun recreational program for children and the annual Honolulu City Lights winter festival.

He is also credited with transforming the Capitol District by bulldozing massive parking structures near the Hawaii State Capitol, ʻIolani Palace and Kawaiahaʻo Church to create large parcels of green space known as the Honolulu Civic Center.

In recognition of Fasi's service to Honolulu, Mayor Mufi Hannemann renamed both the Civic Center and the Municipal Building in July 2006.

Fasi in 1959