Chief Executive of Hong Kong
head of the government of Hong Kong
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong.[2]
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區行政長官 | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Residence | Government House |
Nominator | Election Committee |
Appointer | Central People's Government (Decree signed by Premier)[1] |
Term length | Five years, renewable once consecutively |
Constituting instrument | Hong Kong Basic Law |
Inaugural holder | Tung Chee-hwa (1997) |
Formation | 1 July 1997 |
Salary | HK$5 million p.a. |
Website | ceo |
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Traditional Chinese | 香港特別行政區行政長官 | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 香港特别行政区行政长官 | ||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 香港特首 | ||||||||||||||
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The office was created to replace the Governor of Hong Kong.[3] The office, followed by the Hong Kong Basic Law, was created on 1 July 1997 when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
List of Chief Executives of Hong Kong
changePolitical party: Nonpartisan
№ | Portrait | Name Chinese name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office Duration in years and days |
Election | Political alignment | Term [n 1] |
Government (supporting parties) |
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1 | Tung Chee-hwa 董建華 (born 1937) |
1 July 1997 |
12 March 2005[n 2] |
1996 | Pro-Beijing | 1 | Tung I (DAB • LP) |
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2002 | 2 | Tung II (DAB • FTU • LP • TA) | |||||||
7 years and 255 days | |||||||||
2 | Donald Tsang 曾蔭權 (born 1944) |
21 June 2005 |
30 June 2012 |
2005 | Pro-Beijing | Tsang I (DAB • FTU • LP • TA) |
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2007 | 3 | Tsang II (DAB • LP • FTU • TA • ES) | |||||||
7 years and 10 days | |||||||||
3 | Leung Chun-ying 梁振英 (born 1954) |
1 July 2012 |
30 June 2017 |
2012 | Pro-Beijing | 4 | Leung (DAB • FTU • BPA • NPP • LP) |
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5 years and 0 days | |||||||||
4 | Carrie Lam 林鄭月娥 (born 1957) |
1 July 2017 |
1 July 2022 |
2017 | Pro-Beijing | 5 | Lam (DAB • BPA • FTU • LP • NPP) |
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7 years and 37 days | |||||||||
5 | John Lee 李家超 (born 1957) |
1 July 2022 |
Incumbent | 2022 | Pro-Beijing | 6 | Lee (DAB • BPA • FTU • LP • NPP) |
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2 years, 36 days |
- ↑ Successive fixed five-year CE terms in which incumbent
- ↑ Resigned, Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang served as acting Chief Executive from 12 March to 25 May 2005 and Financial Secretary Henry Tang acted from 25 May to 21 June 2005.
References
change- ↑ "Government Structure" (PDF). Hong Kong: The Fact. September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ Article 43, Hong Kong Basic Law: "The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and shall represent the Region"
- ↑ "Bill 1999." Info.gov.hk. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
Other websites
change- Office of the Chief Executive Archived 2020-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Relocation of the Residence and Office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Archive – Chief Executive 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2017 Archived 30 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Archive – Chief Executive 21 June 2005 – 30 June 2012
- Archive – Chief Executive 12 March 2005 – 20 June 2005
- Archive – Chief Executive 1 July 1997 – 11 March 2005