Kuhina Nui

Kuhina Nui of Hawaii
Flag of the Kuhina Nui
Style	His/Her Highness
Appointer	King(s) of Hawaii
Precursor	none
Formation	1819
First holder	Kaʻahumanu I
Final holder	Mataio Kekūanaōʻa
Abolished	1864
Succession	none

Kuhina Nui was a powerful^{[clarification needed]} office in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1819 to 1864. It was usually held by a relative of the king and was the rough equivalent of the 19th-century European office of Prime Minister or sometimes Regent.