Secretary for Labour and Welfare
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Chinese: 勞工及福利局局長) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for labour and social welfare policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour and welfare portion from Secretary for Food and Health.
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Labour and Welfare 勞工及福利局局長 | |
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| Labour and Welfare Bureau | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive |
| Inaugural holder | Matthew Cheung |
| Formation | 1 July 2007 |
| Website | LWB |
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| Traditional Chinese | 勞工及福利局局長 | ||||||||
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List of office holders
Political party: Nonpartisan
Secretaries for Economic Services, 1973–1982
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 |  | Derek Jones 鍾信 | November 1973 | September 1976 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) | |
| 2 | | David Jeaffreson 謝法新 | September 1976 | September 1982 | ||
| Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) | ||||||
Secretaries for Education and Manpower, 1983–1997
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | | James Neil Henderson 韓達誠 | 1983 | 1986 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) | |
| 2 | | R. G. B. Bridge 布立之 | 1986 | 1989 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) | |
| 3 | | Yeung Kai-yin 楊啟彥 | 1989 | 1991 | ||
| 4 |  | John Chan 陳祖澤 | 1991 | 1993 | ||
| Chris Patten (1992–1997) | ||||||
| 5 | | Leung Man-kin 梁文建 | 1993 | 1995 | ||
| 6 |  | Joseph Wong 王永平 | August 1995 | 30 June 1997 | ||
Secretaries for Education and Manpower, 1997–2002
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 | | Joseph Wong Wing-ping 王永平 | 1 July 1997 | 3 July 2000 | 3 years, 2 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |
| 2 | .jpg.webp) | Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun 羅范椒芬 | 3 July 2000 | 3 June 2002 | 1 year, 362 days | |||
Secretaries for Economic Development and Labour, 2002–2007
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 | | Stephen Ip Shu-kwan 葉澍堃 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | 4 years, 364 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 2 | |
| Donald Tsang (2005–2012) | 2 | |||||||
Secretaries for Labour and Welfare, 2007–present
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 |  | Matthew Cheung Kin-chung 張建宗 | 1 July 2007 | 16 January 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) | 3 | |
| Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) | 4 | |||||||
| 2 |  | Stephen Sui Wai-keung 蕭偉強 | 13 February 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 137 days | |||
| 3 | .jpg.webp) | Law Chi-kwong 羅致光 | 1 July 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 215 days | Carrie Lam (2017–present) | 5 | |
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