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Secretary for Education

Official in the Hong Kong Government

Field	Value
post	Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Education
教育局局長
insignia	Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
insigniacaption	Emblem of Hong Kong
department	Education Bureau
image	Choi Yuk-lin in 2016 (cropped).jpg
incumbent	Christine Choi
incumbentsince	1 July 2022
style	The Honourable
appointer	Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
inaugural	Joseph Wong
Secretary for Education and Manpower
Michael Suen
Secretary for Education
formation	1 July 1997
1 July 2007
salary	HK$4,021,200 per annum
website	EDB

Special Administrative Region](hong-kong-special-administrative-region) Secretary for Education 教育局局長 nomination by Chief Executive Secretary for Education and Manpower Michael Suen Secretary for Education 1 July 2007

The Secretary for Education is a principal official in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Education Bureau (EDB). The current office holder is Christine Choi.

History

The position of Secretary for Education and Manpower was set up in 1983 when the old Education Department was restructured into the Education and Manpower Branch and Education Department, and the old position of Director of Education was split into SEM and Director of Education accordingly, with the latter reporting to the former.

Since the Principal Officials Accountability System (POAS) was introduced in 2002, the SEM, as all other secretary positions, is an ex officio member of the Executive Council (ExCo). The position is a political appointment, and its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office.

Before the introduction of the POAS in July 2002, the SEM, as well as all other secretary-level positions, was a civil service position. The office holder was not a member of the ExCo. Before 1991, the office holders may be appointed by the Governor as ex officio member of the Legislative Council.

At the same time when the POAS was introduced in 2002, the responsibility of labour issues was transferred to the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour, formerly Secretary for Economic Services.

According to the proposal tabled by Donald Tsang's administration after he was re-elected as the Chief Executive, the manpower portfolio was transferred to the new Secretary for Labour and Welfare on 1 July 2007. The position of SEM was renamed Secretary for Education.

List of office holders

Political party:

Inspectors of Schools, 1862–1909

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office
1	[[File:史釗域.jpg	80px]]	Frederick Stewart
史釗域	3 March 1862	6 March 1878	Sir Hercules Robinson
Sir Richard MacDonnell
(1866–1872)
Sir Arthur Kennedy
(1872–1877)
Sir John Hennessy
(1877–1882)
2	[[File:Ernest John Eitel.jpg	80px]]	Ernest John Eitel
歐德理	7 March 1878	1897
Sir George Bowen
(1883–1885)
Sir William Des Voeux
(1887–1891)
Sir William Robinson
(1891–1898)
3	[[File:Arthur Winbolt Brewin.jpg	80px]]	Arthur Winbolt Brewin
蒲魯賢	15 August 1897	1901
Sir Henry Blake
(1898–1903)
4	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Edward Alexander Irving
伊榮	24 April 1901	7 April 1909
Sir Matthew Nathan
(1903–1907)
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1907–1912)

Directors of Education, 1909–1941

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office
1	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Edward Alexander Irving
伊榮	8 April 1909	7 February 1924	Sir Frederick Lugard
(1907–1912)
Sir Francis Henry May
(1912–1918)
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
(1919–1925)
2	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Geoffrey Norman Orme
庵氏	1924	1926
Sir Cecil Clementi
(1925–1930)
3	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Alan Eustace Wood
活雅倫	1926	1933
Sir William Peel
(1930–1935)
4	[[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg	80px]]	Norman Lockhart Smith
史美	1933	1934
5	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Geoffrey Robley Sayer
佘義	1934	1938
Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1935–1937)
Sir Geoffry Northcote
(1937–1941)
6	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Clifford George Sollis
梳利士	1938	1941
Mark Aitchison Young
(1941)

Directors of Education, 1946–1983

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Governor	Ref
7	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Thomas Richmond Rowell
柳惠露	1946	1950	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
(1946–1947)
Sir Alexander Grantham
(1947–1957)
8	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Douglas James Smyth Crozier
高詩雅	1950	28 April 1961
Sir Robert Brown Black
(1958–1964)
9	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Peter Donohue
唐露曉	29 April 1961	20 February 1964	title=No. 722 of 1961	journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette	date= 5 May 1961	volume=103	page=1089}}
10	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	William David Gregg
簡乃傑	21 February 1964	5 June 1969	Sir David Trench
(1964–1971)
11	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	John Canning
簡寧	6 June 1969	1974	title=G.N. 1064 of 1969	journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette	date=6 June 1969	volume=111	page=1162}}
Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
12	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Kenneth Wallis Joseph Topley
陶建	1974	1983

Secretaries for Education and Manpower, 1983–1997

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office
1	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	James Neil Henderson
韓達誠	1983	25 August 1986	Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
2	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	R. G. B. Bridge
布立之	26 August 1986	1989	Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
3	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Yeung Kai-yin
楊啟彥	1989	1991
4	[[File:John Chan.jpg	80px]]	John Chan
陳祖澤	1991	1993
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
5	[[File:No image.svg	80px]]	Leung Man-kin
梁文建	1993	1995
6	[[File:Joseph Wong Wing-ping.jpg	80px]]	Joseph Wong
王永平	August 1995	30 June 1997

Secretaries for Education and Manpower, 1997–2007

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Duration
Nonpartisan}}"	1	[[File:Joseph Wong Wing-ping.jpg	80px]]	Joseph Wong Wing-ping
王永平	1 July 1997	3 July 2000		Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)	1
Nonpartisan}}"	2	[[File:Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun(7622482376).jpg	80px]]	Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun
羅范椒芬	3 July 2000	3 June 2002
Nonpartisan}}" rowspan="2"	3	[[File:Arthur Li.jpg	80px]]	Arthur Li Kwok-cheung
李國章	1 July 2002	30 June 2007		2
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)	2

Secretaries for Education, 2007–present

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Duration
Nonpartisan}}"	1	[[File:Michael Suen Ming Yeung.JPG	80px]]	Michael Suen Ming-yeung
孫明揚	1 July 2007	30 June 2012		Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)	3
Nonpartisan}}"	2	[[File:Ng Hak-kim in 2015.jpg	80px]]	Eddie Ng Hak-kim
吳克儉	1 July 2012	30 June 2017		Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)	4
Nonpartisan}}"	3	[[File:Kelvin Yeung Yun-hung.png	80px]]	Kevin Yeung Yun-hung
楊潤雄	1 July 2017	30 June 2022		Carrie Lam
(2017–present)	5
Nonpartisan}} align=center	4	[[File:Choi Yuk-lin in 2016 (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Christine Choi Yuk-lin
蔡若蓮	1 July 2022	Incumbent		John Lee
(2022–present)	6

References

(12 December 2016). "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government".
(5 May 1961). "No. 722 of 1961". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(21 February 1964). "G.N. 384 of 1967". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(6 June 1969). "G.N. 1064 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(29 August 1986). "G.N. 2930 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette.

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