Curtis Iaukea
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Curtis Iaukea, formally Curtis Piʻehu ʻIaukea, (1855–1940) served as the chief diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi during the reigns of King David Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani.
As the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Colonel ʻIaukea was the most travelled member of the Hawaiian administration after Kalākaua. He served as the administration's envoy to the coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and accompanied Queen Julia Kapiʻolani to Washington, DC to meet with President of the United States Grover Cleveland. He accompanied her again to the United Kingdom to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Having developed a close friendship with the British Crown, he returned to the United Kingdom to celebrate Queen Victoria's unprecedented Diamond Jubilee, representing the newly created Republic of Hawaiʻi.
[edit] After annexation
When the United States annexed the republic and established the Territory of Hawaiʻi, ʻIaukea became involved in local politics. He even held office as Sheriff of Honolulu.
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