First Filipino: Eduardo Malapit

4.06.2007

Eduardo Malapit

Eduardo E. Malapit
AKA Eduardo Enabore Malapit

1st Filipino-American Mayor in a U.S. county, Kauai, Hawaii (1974)

ALIAS
"Eddie"
"Mala"

DATE OF BIRTH
April 6, 1933

BIRTHPLACE
Kaua'i, Hawaii

FATHER: Eusebio Malapit
MOTHER: Leonila

WIFE: Elizabeth
CHILDREN: Kevin, Lon, Kent and Lyle

YEAR OF DEATH
August 27, 2007

USEFUL LINKS

Nation's first Filipino mayor dies in Hawaii
A toast to success and sacrifice
First of First Filipinos in Hawaii
Eduardo Malapit on Wikipedia

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