Hannibal Tavares

Hannibal M. Tavares (September 24, 1919 – January 17, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 2nd Mayor of Maui from October 1979 until January 2, 1991. He was the longest-serving mayor of Maui.

Life Tavares was born in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, The vacancy left by Cravalho's resignation necessitated a special mayoral election.

He died at Maui Memorial Hospital in Wailuku, Hawaii, on January 17, 1998, at the age of 78. A resident of Kula, Maui, Tavares was survived by his wife, Harriet Y.T; three children, Charmaine Tavares, Sharon Klaschka, and Gary Tavares; three sisters, Helen Medeiros, Margaret Roberts and Sophie Stone; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.