Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption

The Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption heads the body that is responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption in both the public and private realms in Hong Kong. The ICAC was created in 1974 to deal with the corruption then endemic in Hong Kong's government departments and disciplined services.

List of office holders

All ICAC commissioners have been appointed from the ranks of Hong Kong's civil service or, prior to 1997, from among colonial officials.[1][2]

No. NameTook officeLeft office Tenure
1 Sir Jack Cater15 February 19743 July 1978 4 years and 139 days
2 Sir Donald Luddington4 July 197810 November 1980 2 years and 130 days
3 Peter Williams11 November 198031 December 1984 4 years and 51 days
4 Geoffrey Barnes1 January 198528 February 1988 3 years and 59 days
5 David Jeaffreson29 February 198830 November 1991 3 years and 276 days
6 Peter Allan1 December 199128 November 1992 364 days (died in office)
7 Bertrand de Speville22 February 199321 January 1996 2 years and 334 days
8 Michael Leung Man-kin22 January 199631 March 1997 1 year and 69 days
9 Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying1 April 199711 July 1999 2 years and 102 days
10 Alan Lai Nin15 July 199930 June 2002 4 years and 351 days
11 Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong1 July 20024 August 2003 1 year and 35 days
12 Raymond Wong Hung-chiu25 August 200330 October 2006 3 years and 67 days
13 Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun30 October 200630 June 2007 244 days
14 Timothy Tong Hin-ming1 July 200730 June 2012 5 years and 0 days
15 Simon Peh Yun-lu1 July 2012Incumbent 8 years and 216 days

Appointment controversies

In October 2006, the appointment of Fanny Law as ICAC Commissioner was not well received. The unpopular Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower was seen as weak on security-related issues. In addition, as Law's and Raymond Wong's appointments were a direct swap, the government was derided by the Civic Party and Liberal Party for belittling an important position by playing "musical chairs". Law was not perceived to be at the end of her civil service career, when the post of Commissioner was traditionally a 'final' posting, allowing the official to work without fear or favour.[3]

References
  1. Commissioners of the ICAC, Partnering for Probity, p65, ICAC
  2. Commissioners of ICAC, p130, 40 Years in the Operations Department, ICAC
  3. Albert Wong (1 November 2006). "Law ICAC chief after swap". The Standard. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
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