Governor Josh Green, M.D.

STATE OF HAWAIʻI 
KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI 
 
JOSH GREEN, M.D. 
GOVERNOR
KE KIAʻĀINA 
 

GOVERNOR GREEN TO TRAVEL TO EAST COAST AND ITALY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2025

HONOLULU –  Governor Josh Green, M.D., and his family will travel to the East Coast on Sunday, August 24, as they take their daughter to the start of her first semester of college.

Subsequently, Governor Green will travel to Italy on August 29 for official business in his capacity as the president of the Council of State Governments. He will participate in meetings with other notable leaders from the Italian government and will visit the Vatican City State to exchange greetings with His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV. Governor Green plans to extend a personal invitation to the Pope to visit Kalaupapa on Moloka‘i. The Governor is scheduled to return to Hawai‘i on Sunday, September 7.

Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke will serve as acting Governor from the afternoon of August 24 until the morning of September 6. Attorney General Anne Lopez will serve as acting Governor from the morning of September 6 until the afternoon of September 7. 

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Media Contacts:  
Erika Engle
Press Secretary
Office of the Governor, State of Hawai‘i
Office: 808-586-0120
Email: [email protected] 

Makana McClellan
Director of Communications
Office of the Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Cell: 808-265-0083
Email: [email protected]