Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 1, 1 January 1987 — Giugni Gets Top Washington Post [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Giugni Gets Top Washington Post

Henry K. Giugni, longtime political aide and chief administrative officer to Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, was named sergeant-at-arms of the U. S. Senate Nov. 20 at a meeting of the Senate majority caucus. In a subsequent annoucement, Dr. Patrick DeLeon, former executive assistant to Inouye, was named to succeed Giugni. Giugni, who is one-half Hawaiian and one-half halian, will be responsible for all Senate support staff and services, encompassing an annual budget of around $100 million and a staff of about 2,200. His kuleana includes the Senate computer center, telecommunications network, personnel office and television broadcast facilities on the Senate floor. He will also be responsible for overall security in the Capitol and Congress and will serve as chairman of the Capitol Poliee Board. Giugni reportedly will eam an annual salary of $75,800 whieh is comparable to what U. S. Senators get. Giugni, 61, has been associated with Inouye since 1957 as an aide in the then Territorial Legislature. Inhis former role, Giugni was a nearly constant eompanion on the road with Inouye and operated as the Senator's political eyes and ears both in Washington and in Hawaii. Giugni and his wife Gina, who lives with him in Washington, are the parents offour daughters — Muriel Roselani Austin and Kealoha and Heather Giugni, all of Honolulu, and Debbie MeMillan of Los Angeles.

Henry K. Giugni