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Commissioner of Police (Hong Kong)

Head of the Hong Kong police force

Head of the Hong Kong police force

FieldValue
postCommissioner of Police
警務處處長
insigniacaptionEmblem of the Hong Kong Police Force
departmentSecurity Bureau
imageJoe Chow 2025.jpg
incumbentJoe Chow
incumbentsince2 April 2025
styleThe Honourable
appointerCentral People's Government
(via nomination by the Chief Executive)
inauguralEddie Hui
formation1 July 1997
websiteHong Kong Police Force

警務處處長 (via nomination by the Chief Executive)

The Commissioner of Police () heads the Hong Kong Police Force and, in accordance with Section 4 of the Police Force Ordinance, reports to the chief executive of Hong Kong and the Security Bureau. The current commissioner is Joe Chow Yat Ming, appointed by the State Council of China on 2 April 2025.

Officers in command

Commissioners of Police currently are mandated to retire before they reach the age of 58, but may be extended upon exceptional circumstances.

Early heads were often military officers or had previous policing experience in the United Kingdom or other British colonies. Many joined the Force in senior command postings before their promotions. Li is the only Commissioner to rise from lower ranks (as Probationary Sub-Inspector) and Hui joined as a probationary Inspector.

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeLength of TenureNotesUnder British ruleChief Magistrates and Chief of PoliceCaptain Superintendent of PoliceInspector General of PoliceCommissioner of PoliceUnder Japanese RuleCaptain of the Hong Kong KempeitaiUnder British ruleCommissioner of PoliceUnder Chinese ruleCommissioner of Police
[[File:Captain William Caine.jpg80px]]William Caine30 April 18411844Captain
George Thomas HalyFeb 1844Captain; Acting Superintendent of Police and officer with the 41st Madras Native Infantry
John BruceMar 1844Acting Superintendent of Police and officer with the 18th Royal Irish
Charles May1844/45?1860/62?Superintendent of A Division of the Metropolitan Police
[[File:Edmund Haythorne 1860.jpg80px]]Edmund Haythorne18601862British Army officer
William Quinn18621866/67?Member of Bombay Police and first police officer to head Hong Kong Police
[[File:Walter Meredith Deane.jpg80px]]Walter Meredith Deane1866/67?1892Cadet Officer from Britain sent to head force
Alexander H. Adam Gordon18921893Major-General; Superintendent of Victoria Gaol
Francis Henry May18931901/02?Cadet Officer and the Assistant Colonial Secretary
Joseph Francis Badeley1901/02?1913Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant
[[File:Charles Messer.jpg80px]]Charles Messer19131918Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant
[[File:Edward_D_C_Wolfe.jpg80px]]Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe19181930Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant
[[File:Edward_D_C_Wolfe.jpg80px]]Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe19301934
Thomas Henry King19341935/38?Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant
Thomas Henry King1935/38?1940/41?
John Pennefather-EvansApril 1940/1941?25 December 1941served in the police force of the Federated Malay States
[[File:野間賢之助.jpg80px]]Kennosuke Noma25 December 194118 January 1945Executed as a war criminal in 1947
Charles Henry Sansom19451946Colonel; British Military Administration
Duncan William McIntosh19461954former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Singapore
Arthur Crawford Maxwell19541959police officer in Malaya and Commissioner of Police of Sarawak in 1947-1949; Deputy Commissioner with Hong Kong Force in 1949
Henry Wylde Edwards Heath C.M.G.1 April 195918 December 1966Member of Hong Kong Force
Edward Tyrer19 December 196621 July 1967Member of Hong Kong Force
Edward C. Eates22 July 19671969joined force in 1963 as Assistant Commissioner following police service in Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Gambia
Charles Payne Sutcliffe196913 January 1974previous served in Metropolitan Police, Tanganyika; joined Hong Kong Police as Assistant Commissioner in 1960
Brian Slevin14 January 197425 March 1979formerly Deputy Commissioner
Roy Henry25 March 197915 April 1985joined force in 1973; previous colonial police officer in Malaysia and Commissioner of Police in Fiji
Raymon Anning15 April 19851 December 1989served with Metropolitan Police and other British forces; joined Hong Kong Police in 1983
Li Kwan-ha2 December 19892 July 1994joined force as Probationary Sub-Inspector in 1957
Eddie Hui3 July 199430 June 1997joined force as Probationary Inspector
Eddie Hui1 July 19971 January 2001
Tsang Yam-pui2 January 20019 December 2003
[[File:Dick_Lee_Ming-kwai.jpg80px]]Lee Ming-kwai10 December 200315 January 2007
[[File:Tang King-shing 2021.jpg80px]]Tang King-shing16 January 200710 January 2011
[[File:Andy Tsang Wai-hung 2019 (cropped).png80px]]Andy Tsang11 January 20114 May 2015
[[File:Stephen_Lo_Wai-chung_2015.jpg80px]]Stephen Lo5 May 201518 November 2019
[[File:Tang_Ping-keung_20201012.jpg80px]]Chris Tang19 November 201925 June 2021
[[File:Raymond_Siu_Chak-yee.jpg80px]]Raymond Siu25 June 20212 April 2025
Joe Chow2 April 2025Incumbent{{age in years and days20250402duration=on}}

References

References

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