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Chief Secretary for Administration

Principal official of Hong Kong

Chief Secretary for Administration

Principal official of Hong Kong

FieldValue
postChief Secretary for Administration
native_name政務司司長
insigniaRegional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
insigniasize100px
insigniacaptionEmblem of Hong Kong
imageEric Chan Kwok-ki 2023 (cropped).jpg
incumbentEric Chan
incumbentsince1 July 2022
style
member_of
reports_toLegislative Council
residenceVictoria House, 15 Barker Road, Victoria Peak
constituting_instrumentHong Kong Basic Law
nominatorChief Executive
appointerState Council of the People's Republic of China
departmentGovernment Secretariat of Hong Kong
Government of Hong Kong
termlengthNo longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term
formation
inauguralAnson Chan
website
salaryHK$4,500,000 annually

Government of Hong Kong The chief secretary for administration is the second-highest government official in Hong Kong, right after the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. When the chief executive is on leave, the chief secretary for administration will act on their behalf.

The chief secretary for administration heads the Government Secretariat, which oversees the administration of the Region to which all other ministers belong. The chief secretary for administration reports to the chief executive and to the Legislative Council. Under Article 53 of the Basic Law, the position is constitutionally known as "Administrative Secretary".

The chief secretary formulates and implements government policy, gives advice to the Chief Executive as a member of the Executive Council, and is responsible for managing the Government's relationship with the Legislative Council and drawing up the Government's legislative programme. The office (“Department of Administration” per Article 60 of the Basic Law) also exercises certain statutory functions, such as the handling of appeals from designated public bodies.

Prior to the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the office was known simply as "Chief Secretary" (), and before 27 August 1976, "Colonial Secretary"(). Until the introduction of the Principal Officials Accountability System in 2002, the Chief Secretary was a civil service position, and in this capacity, the head of the public service. In 2005, Henry Tang became the first person who has not been a civil servant to be appointed to the office of the chief secretary.

From the 1870s to 1902 the colonial secretary was the de facto lieutenant governor of Hong Kong which was once held by the commander of British Forces in Hong Kong before 1870s when the post was not lapsed from power. After 1902 the title disappeared from use as the second highest post was transferred to the colonial secretary and later, chief secretary.

List of chief secretaries of Hong Kong

Colonial secretaries, 1843–1941

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeGovernorRef
1[[File:George Alexander Malcolm.jpg80px]]George Alexander Malcolm
麻恭26 June 184329 August 1843Sir Henry Pottinger
(1843–1844)
2[[File:Frederick Wright-Bruce.jpg80px]]Sir Frederick Wright-Bruce
卜魯斯9 February 18441846
Sir John Francis Davis
(1843–1848)
3[[File:Captain William Caine.jpg80px]]William Caine
威廉·堅3 September 184612 April 1854
Sir George Bonham
(1848–1854)
4[[File:William Thomas MERCER.jpg80px]]William Thomas Mercer
孖沙13 April 185414 May 1867Sir John Bowring
(1854–1859)
Sir Hercules Robinson
(1859–1865)
Sir Richard MacDonnell
(1866–1872)
5[[File:John Gardiner Austin.jpg80px]]John Gardiner Austin
柯士甸7 May 18684 April 1878
Sir Arthur Kennedy
(1872–1877)
Sir John Pope Hennessy
(1877–1882)
6[[File:blanksvg.svg80px]]William Henry Marsh
馬師3 January 187910 June 1887
Sir George Bowen
(1883–1887)
7[[File:史釗域.jpg80px]]Frederick Stewart
史釗域5 October 18876 October 1889Sir William Des Voeux
(1887–1891)
8[[File:blanksvg.svg80px]]Francis Fleming
菲林明17 January 189026 February 1892
Sir William Robinson
(1891–1898)
9[[File:George Thomas Michael O'Brien.jpg80px]]G. T. M. O'Brien
柯布連11 March 189230 April 1894
10[[File:Tcitp d782 j h stewart lockhart commissioner at weihaiwei.jpg80px]]Sir Stewart Lockhart
駱克26 March 189523 April 1902
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
(1898–1903)
11Sir Francis Henry May
梅含理14 May 190230 April 1911
Sir Matthew Nathan
(1904–1907)
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1907–1912)
12[[File:blanksvg.svgalt=80px]]Warren Delabere Barnes
班士7 June 191128 October 1911
13Sir Claud Severn
施勳22 February 191214 November 1925
Sir Francis Henry May
(1912–1918)
Sir Reginald Stubbs
(1919–1925)
14[[File:Sir Thomas Southorn.jpg80px]]Sir Thomas Southorn
修頓1 May 192623 March 1936Sir Cecil Clementi
(1925–1930)
Sir William Peel
(1930–1935)
Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1935–1937)
15[[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg80px]]Norman Lockhart Smith
史美26 November 19368 December 1941
Sir Geoffry Northcote
(1937–1941)
Sir Mark Aitchison Young
(1941)
16[[File:Frank Gimson.jpg80px]]Sir Franklin Gimson
詹遜8 December 194125 December 1941

Colonial secretaries, 1946–1976

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationGovernorRef
17[[File:MacDougall 4.jpg80px]]David Mercer MacDougall
麥道高1 May 194611 May 1949Sir Mark Aitchison Young
(1946–1947)
Sir Alexander Grantham
(1947–1957)
18[[File:John Fearns Nicoll2.jpg80px]]John Fearns Nicoll
列誥25 May 194923 January 1952
19[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Robert Brown Black
柏立基20 February 195230 March 1955
20[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Edgeworth Beresford David
戴維德4 May 195524 January 1958
Sir Robert Brown Black
(1958–1964)
21[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Claude Bramall Burgess
白嘉時24 January 195810 March 1963title=No. 716 of 1959journal=Hong Kong Government Gazettedate=29 May 1959volume=101page=1360}}
22[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Edmund Brinsley Teesdale
戴斯德11 March 196328 March 1965
Sir David Trench
(1964–1971)
23[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Michael Gass
祈濟時4 September 196522 January 1969title=G.N. 2159 of 1965journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinarydate=4 September 1965volume=107}}
24[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Hugh Norman-Walker
羅樂民29 March 196929 September 1973
Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
25[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Denys Roberts
羅弼時30 September 197326 August 1976title=G.N. 2559 of 1973journal=Hong Kong Government Gazettedate=3 October 1973volume=115page=3839}}

Chief secretaries, 1976–1997

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationGovernorRef
1[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Denys Roberts
羅弼時27 August 19762 October 1978Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
2[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Jack Cater
姬達3 October 197819 November 1981title=G.N. 3410 of 1981journal=Hong Kong Government Gazettevolume=123page=4156}}
3[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir Philip Haddon-Cave
夏鼎基20 November 19819 June 1985
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
4[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir David Akers-Jones
鍾逸傑10 June 198511 February 1987title=G.N. 440 of 1987journal=Hong Kong Government Gazettedate=13 February 1987volume=129page=667}}
5[[File:Blanksvg.svg80px]]Sir David Robert Ford
霍德12 February 198728 November 1993Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
6[[File:Anson Chan 20051219.jpg80px]]Anson Chan
陳方安生29 November 199330 June 1997

Chief secretaries for administration, 1997–present

Political party:

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationChief ExecutiveTermRef
Nonpartisan}}" align=center1[[File:Anson Chan 20051219.jpg80px]]Anson Chan
陳方安生1 July 199730 April 2001Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)1
Nonpartisan}}" align=center2[[File:Donald Tsang WEF.jpg80px]]Donald Tsang Yam-kuen
曾蔭權1 May 200131 May 2005
2
Nonpartisan}}" align=center3[[File:Rafael Hui Si-yan.JPG80px]]Rafael Hui Si-yan
許仕仁30 June 200530 June 2007Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)2
Nonpartisan}}" align=center4[[File:Iqtangtang.jpg80px]]Henry Tang Ying-yen
唐英年1 July 200730 September 20113
Nonpartisan}}" align=center5[[File:Stephen Lam Sui-lung 2010.jpg80px]]Stephen Lam Sui-lung
林瑞麟30 September 201130 June 2012
Nonpartisan}}" align=center6[[File:Carrie Lam 2017 1.jpg80px]]Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
林鄭月娥1 July 201216 January 2017Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)4
Nonpartisan}}" align=center7[[File:Matthew Cheung 2020 (cropped).png80px]]Matthew Cheung Kin-chung
張建宗16 January 201725 June 2021
Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)5
Nonpartisan}}" align=center8[[File:港府執意推進《逃犯條例》修法民陣謹慎動員民眾抗爭2 (cropped).jpg80px]]John Lee Ka-chiu
李家超25 June 20217 April 2022
Nonpartisan}}" align=center9[[File:Eric Chan Kwok-ki 2023 (cropped).jpg80px]]Eric Chan Kwok-ki
陳國基1 July 2022IncumbentJohn Lee
(2022–present)6

Residence

Victoria House, 15 Barker Road, Hong Kong.

The Chief Secretary resides at an official residence at 15 Barker Road, The Peak, Hong Kong, which is also known as Victoria House and Victoria Flats.

References

;General

  • {{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzWs6_BUBPoC&pg=PA274}} ;Specific

References

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  2. [http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/role/role.htm Chief Secretary's Office, Hong Kong Government]
  3. "Civil Service Bureau - Search Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments".
  4. (25 August 1976). "Colonial Secretary (Change of Title) Notice 1976 L.N. 226 of 1976". Regulation of Hong Kong 1976.
  5. Roberts, Denys. (18 April 2006). "Another Disaster: Hong Kong Sketches". The Radcliffe Press.
  6. {{London Gazette. (9 February 1844)
  7. {{London Gazette. (26 February 1847)
  8. {{London Gazette. (1 December 1854)
  9. {{London Gazette. (18 February 1868)
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  11. Clementi, Cecil. (1912). "General Observations". Hong Kong Annual Report (1911).
  12. (30 October 1911). "Death of Mr. W.D.Barnes". [[The Straits Times]].
  13. (24 January 1958). "No. 134 of 1958". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary.
  14. (29 May 1959). "No. 716 of 1959". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  15. (13 March 1963). "G.N. 469 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary.
  16. (26 March 1965). "G.N. 733 of 1965". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  17. (4 September 1965). "G.N. 2159 of 1965". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary.
  18. (24 January 1969). "G.N. 146 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  19. (29 March 1969). "G.N. (E.) 10 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary.
  20. (3 October 1973). "G.N. 2559 of 1973". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  21. (6 October 1978). "G.N. 2536 of 1978". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  22. "G.N. 3410 of 1981". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  23. (14 June 1985). "G.N. 1875 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  24. (13 February 1987). "G.N. 440 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  25. (3 December 1993). "G.N. 440 of 1993". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
  26. "New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos)".
  27. "CE receives CS' resignation".
  28. "New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos)".
  29. "Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos)".
  30. "Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos)".
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