José María Brías "Joey" Manahan (born 1971) is a Filipino American politician from the state of

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. Joey Manahan is a former member of the

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and served as the Chair of the Budget Committee and Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee. Manahan was also the

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representative and President of the Hawai‘i State Association of Counties’ (HSAC) Executive Committee, whose members consist of the four island counties of the State of Hawai‘i – Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawai’i counties. HSAC advocates for county programs and services and represents the county governments before the Hawai‘i State Legislature, administrative agencies, and the federal government. He has served a combined 13 years in elected office in both the Honolulu City Council and the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives. As a member of the

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, Manahan is a former member of the

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, serving from 2007 through 2013, and as vice

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in 2011 and 2012.

Early life

Manahan was born in

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, in 1971. He is the grandnephew of

Manuel Manahan Manuel Perez Manahan (January 1, 1916 – May 18, 1994) was a Filipino politician, journalist, businessman, and rural development advocate. He was a key government official during the administration of president Ramon Magsaysay, best known for h ...

, who served in the

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. Manahan's father died when he was young. He moved with his mother to the

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at the age of 10, where he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory School. His mother remarried in 1991, when the family moved to

. Manahan attended

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in California, before transferring to the

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Political career

While he studied at the University of Hawaii, Manahan became interested in his identity as a

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and worked with Filipino immigrants. Through this program, he was introduced to

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, a member of the

, who mentored him. He later worked for Arakaki as a legislative assistant, and for

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. Manahan was first elected to the State House in 2006, winning by 11 votes. In 2012, Manahan announced that he would not seek reelection to the State House, and would instead run for the Honolulu City Council in the 2012 elections, and he won. Manahan represented Honolulu City Council District 7, which includes

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, lwilei, Kalihi Kai, Mapunapuna, Salt Lake, Aliamanu, Hickam, Foster Village, Ford Island, and Sand Island. Manahan has held several leadership positions like vice speaker of the

and the chair of the Committee on Budget, as well as vice-chair of the Committee on Transportation for the

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City Council. As a state representative, Manahan initiated two key projects for his district—the Modernization of

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and the Kuhio Park Terrace Modernization project. He ran in the 2014 election to represent in the

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, but finished sixth in the

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held in August 2014.

Personal

Manahan is married to Maan Santos.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manahan, Joey Living people Hawaii politicians of Filipino descent Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives Honolulu City Council members University of Hawaiʻi alumni People from Makati American politicians of Filipino descent Filipino emigrants to the United States 1971 births Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni Asian-American city council members Asian-American people in Hawaii politics 21st-century American politicians