Secretary for Home Affairs

The Secretary for Home Affairs is the head of the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services.

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

Secretary for Home Affairs
民政事務局局長
Incumbent
Caspar Tsui

since 22 April 2020
Home Affairs Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderMichael Suen
Formation1 July 1997
WebsiteHAB
Secretary for Home Affairs
Traditional Chinese民政事務局局長

List of office holders

Registrars General, 1845–1912

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1Samuel Turner Fearon18451845Sir John Francis Davis
(1844–1848)
2Andrew Lysaght Inglis16 July 18451849
Sir George Bonham
(1848–1854)
3William Thomas Mercer
馬撒爾
1 June 18491850
4Charles May18501856
Sir John Bowring
(1854–1859)
5Daniel Richard Caldwell15 November 18561862
Sir Hercules Robinson
(1859–1865)
6Thomas Turner23 May 1862October 1864
7Sir Cecil Clementi Smith24 October 18641881
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
(1866–1872)
Sir Arthur Kennedy
(1872–1877)
Sir John Pope Hennessy
(1877–1882)
8Sir James Russell
羅素
14 May 18811883
Sir George Bowen
(1883–1885)
9Frederick Stewart
史超域
2 April 18831887
10James Stewart Lockhart
駱克
10 October 18871901Sir William Des Voeux
(1887–1891)
Sir William Robinson
(1891–1898)
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
(1898–1903)
11Arthur Winbolt Brewin
蒲魯賢
15 March 19011912
Sir Matthew Nathan
(1904–1907)
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1907–1912)

Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1913–1941

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1Edwin Richard Hallifax
夏理德
25 July 191330 November 1933Sir Francis Henry May
(1912–1918)
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
(1919–1925)
Sir Cecil Clementi
(1925–1930)
Sir William Peel
(1930–1935)
2Alan Eustace Wood
活雅倫
30 November 193324 October 1934
3Norman Lockhart Smith
史美
24 October 193420 October 1936
Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1935–1937)
4Roland Arthur Charles North
那魯麟
20 October 193625 December 1941
Sir Geoffry Northcote
(1937–1941)
Mark Aitchison Young
(1941)

Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1946–1969

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
5Brian Charles Keith Hawkins
鶴健士
19451946Military administration
6Ronald Ruskin Todd
杜德
1 May 194610 March 1955Sir Mark Aitchison Young
(1946–1947)
Sir Alexander Grantham
(1947–1957)
5Brian Charles Keith Hawkins
鶴健士
11 March 195511 May 1957
7John Crichton McDouall
麥道軻
12 May 19571 November 1966
Sir Robert Brown Black
(1958–1964)
Sir David Trench
(1964–1971)
8David Ronald Holmes
何禮文
2 November 196627 February 1969[1][2]

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1969–1985

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1David Ronald Holmes
何禮文
28 February 196917 May 1971Sir David Trench
(1964–1971)
[2]
2Donald Luddington
陸鼎堂
18 May 19712 June 1973[3]
Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
3Jack Cater
姬達
3 June 197314 November 1973[4]
4Denis Bray
黎敦義
15 November 19734 May 1977[5]
5Li Fook-kow
李福逑
8 June 1977[lower-alpha 1]31 August 1980[6][7]
6Denis Bray
黎敦義
1 September 198031 December 1984[7][8]
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
7Peter Tsao
曹廣榮
1 January 198531 March 1985[8][9]

Secretary for City and New Territories Administration, 1981–1983

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1David Akers-Jones
鍾逸傑
1 December 198131 January 1983Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
[10][11]
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)

Secretaries for District Administration, 1983–1989

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1David Akers-Jones
鍾逸傑
1 February 198310 February 1985Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
[11]
2Donald Liao
廖本懷
11 February 198531 August 1989[12][13]
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1989–1997

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1Donald Liao
廖本懷
1 September 198930 November 1991Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
[13]
2Peter Tsao
曹廣榮
1 December 19896 November 1991[14]
3Michael Suen
孫明揚
7 November 199130 June 1997[15]
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1997–present

Political party:   Nonpartisan   Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Michael Suen Ming-yeung
孫明揚
8 July 19973 August 199726 daysTung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)
1
2David Lan Hong-tsung
藍鴻震
4 September 19976 July 20002 years, 306 days
3Lam Woon-kwong
林煥光
10 July 200030 June 20021 year, 356 days
2
4Patrick Ho Chi-ping
何志平
1 July 200230 June 20075 years, 0 days
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)
2
5Tsang Tak-sing
曾德成
1 July 200721 July 20158 years, 20 days3
Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)
4
6Lau Kong-wah
劉江華
21 July 201522 April 20204 years, 276 days
Carrie Lam
(2017–present)
5
7Caspar Tsui Ying-wai
徐英偉
22 April 2020Incumbent293 days

References

  1. "G.N. 2768 of 1966". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 108: 488. 4 November 1969.
  2. "G.N. 424 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 488. 7 March 1969.
  3. "G.N. 1054 of 1973". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 113: 1509. 21 May 1973.
  4. "G.N. 1438 of 1973". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 115: 2207. 4 June 1973.
  5. "G.N. 2945 of 1973". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 115: 4385. 16 November 1973.
  6. "G.N. 1404 of 1977". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 119: 1831. 24 June 1977.
  7. "G.N. 2855 of 1980". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 122: 3124, 3126. 12 September 1977.
  8. "G.N. 3 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 7, 66. 4 January 1985.
  9. "G.N. 1052 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 1493, 1546. 4 April 1985.
  10. "G.N. 3482 of 1981". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 123: 4254, 4355. 27 November 1981.
  11. "Government Secretariat (Change of Titles of Public Officers) Notice 1983 L.N. 14 of 1983". Regulations of Hong Kong: B34. 11 January 1983.
  12. "G.N. 519 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 734, 809. 15 February 1985.
  13. "G.N. 2962 of 1989". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 131: 4144. 1 September 1989.
  14. "G.N. 4176 of 1989". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 131: 5752. 1 December 1989.
  15. "G.N. 3938 of 1991". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 133: 6260. 8 November 1991.

Notes

  1. Acting since 5 May 1977.
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