Pat Saiki
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| 17th Administrator of the Small Business Administration | |
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In office April 16, 1991 – January 20, 1993 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Paul Cooksey (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Dayton Watkins (Acting) |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Abercrombie |
| Succeeded by | Neil Abercrombie |
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May 28, 1930 Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Stanley Mitsuo Saiki |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaii, Manoa |
Patricia Fukuda "Pat" Saiki (born May 28, 1930) is an American politician and former school teacher from Hilo in the State of Hawai'i. She served as a Republican in Congress from 1987 to 1991 and then as Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President of the United States George H. W. Bush.
Saiki, a Japanese American, graduated from Hilo High School in 1948 and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1952. Upon graduating from college, Saiki became a teacher and later a business executive.
In 1968, Saiki joined the Hawai`i Republican Party and ran successfully for a seat in the Hawai`i State House of Representatives. In 1974, she moved to the Hawai`i State Senate where she served her district until 1982. A vacancy was created by U.S. Rep. Cecil Heftel's untimely leave from Congress, and on September 20, 1986 a special election was held. Saiki lost the special election (to Democrat Neil Abercrombie) but won a separate election (over Democrat Mufi Hannemann) sending her to Congress where she served two consecutive terms. In 1988, she beat challenger Mary Bitterman, a Democrat and former head of Voice of America.
Until the election of Charles Djou on May 22, 2010, Saiki was the only Republican to ever hold a House seat from the state of Hawai`i and one of only two Republican Members of Congress (the other being Senator Hiram Fong) to represent the state since it gained statehood. She is also the second woman to be elected to Congress from the state of Hawai`i (the first being Patsy Mink, with whom Saiki served with for two years).
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