Chief Secretary for Administration

{{Infobox Political post

| post = Chief Secretary for Administration

| native_name = {{lang|zh-hant-HK|政務司司長}}

| insignia = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg

| insigniasize = 100px

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Hong Kong

| image = Eric Chan Kwok-ki 2023 (cropped).jpg

| incumbent = Eric Chan

| incumbentsince = 1 July 2022

| style = {{ubl|Chief Secretary ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|司長}})
(informal)|The Honourable ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|尊貴的}})
(formal)}}

| member_of = {{ubl|Government Secretariat|Executive Council}}

| reports_to = Legislative Council

| residence = Victoria House, 15 Barker Road, Victoria Peak

| constituting_instrument = Hong Kong Basic Law

| nominator = Chief Executive

| appointer = State Council of the People's Republic of China

| department = Government Secretariat of Hong Kong
Government of Hong Kong

| termlength = No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term

| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1997|7|1}}

| inaugural = Anson Chan

| website = {{URL|https://cso.gov.hk}}

| salary = HK$4,500,000 annually{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201612/12/P2016121200324.htm|title=Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government|website=Hong Kong Government}}

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

| t = {{linktext|政務|司|司|長}}

| s = {{linktext|政务|司|司|长}}

| y = Jingmouhsī Sījéung

| ci = {{IPA|yue|tsēːŋ.mòu.síː síː.tsœ̌ːŋ|}}

| j = Zing3mou6si1 Si1zoeng2

| p = Zhèngwùsī Sīzhǎng

| showflag = y

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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 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.[http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/role/role.htm Chief Secretary's Office, Hong Kong Government]

Prior to the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the office was known simply as "Chief Secretary" ({{zh|c=布政司|cy=Boujingsī}}), and before 27 August 1976, "Colonial Secretary"({{zh|c=輔政司|cy=Fuhjingsī}}).{{Cite web |title=Civil Service Bureau - Search Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments |url=https://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/glossary/glossary_search_en.php?search_name1=Colonial+Secretary&and_or=and&search_name2=&catall=1&cat_code%5B%5D=A&F&cat_code%5B%5D=Civil_Service&cat_code%5B%5D=C&IT&cat_code%5B%5D=CEA&cat_code%5B%5D=Culture&cat_code%5B%5D=Education&cat_code%5B%5D=E&M&cat_code%5B%5D=Environment&cat_code%5B%5D=Finance&cat_code%5B%5D=Fire&cat_code%5B%5D=Housing&cat_code%5B%5D=Immigration&cat_code%5B%5D=Labour&cat_code%5B%5D=Medical&cat_code%5B%5D=Meteorology&cat_code%5B%5D=Postal_Services&cat_code%5B%5D=P_Health&cat_code%5B%5D=P_Order&cat_code%5B%5D=S_Welfare&cat_code%5B%5D=T_Planning&cat_code%5B%5D=Trade_Industry&cat_code%5B%5D=Transport&cat_code%5B%5D=Water&display_order=t |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.csb.gov.hk |language=en}}{{cite journal |title=Colonial Secretary (Change of Title) Notice 1976 L.N. 226 of 1976 |journal=Regulation of Hong Kong 1976 |date=25 August 1976 |page=B1109}}{{cite book |last= Roberts|first= Denys |author-link=Denys Roberts|date=18 April 2006 |title= Another Disaster: Hong Kong Sketches|publisher= The Radcliffe Press|isbn= 9781845111120}} 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

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.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

List of chief secretaries of Hong Kong

=Colonial secretaries, 1843–1941=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px\| No. ! width=80px\| Portrait ! width=180px\| Name ! width=240px colspan=2\| Term of office ! width=150px\| Governor ! Ref
1 \| 80px \| George Alexander Malcolm 麻恭 \| 26 June 1843 \| 29 August 1843 \| rowspan=2\|Sir Henry Pottinger {{small\|(1843–1844)}} \|
rowspan=2\| 2 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Sir Frederick Wright-Bruce 卜魯斯 \| rowspan=2\| 9 February 1844 \| rowspan=2\| 1846 \| {{London Gazette \|issue=20315 \|date=9 February 1844 \|page=442 }}
rowspan=2\|Sir John Francis Davis {{small\|(1843–1848)}} \|
rowspan=2\| 3 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| William Caine 威廉·堅 \| rowspan=2\| 3 September 1846 \| rowspan=2\| 12 April 1854 \| {{London Gazette \|issue=20709 \|date=26 February 1847 \|page=834 }}
Sir George Bonham {{small\|(1848–1854)}} \|
rowspan=3\| 4 \| rowspan=3\| 80px \| rowspan=3\| William Thomas Mercer 孖沙 \| rowspan=3\| 13 April 1854 \| rowspan=3\| 14 May 1867 \| Sir John Bowring {{small\|(1854–1859)}} \| {{London Gazette \|issue=21635 \|date=1 December 1854 \|page=3909 }}
Sir Hercules Robinson {{small\|(1859–1865)}} \|
rowspan=2\| Sir Richard MacDonnell {{small\|(1866–1872)}} \|
rowspan=3\| 5 \| rowspan=3\| 80px \| rowspan=3\| John Gardiner Austin 柯士甸 \| rowspan=3\| 7 May 1868 \| rowspan=3\| 4 April 1878 \| {{London Gazette \|issue=23353 \|date=18 February 1868 \|page=772 }}
Sir Arthur Kennedy {{small\|(1872–1877)}} \|
rowspan=2\| Sir John Pope Hennessy {{small\|(1877–1882)}} \|
rowspan=2\| 6 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| William Henry Marsh 馬師 \| rowspan=2\| 3 January 1879 \| rowspan=2\| 10 June 1887 \|
Sir George Bowen {{small\|(1883–1887)}} \|
7 \| 80px \| Frederick Stewart 史釗域 \| 5 October 1887 \| 6 October 1889 \| rowspan=2\| Sir William Des Voeux {{small\|(1887–1891)}} \|
rowspan=2\| 8 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Francis Fleming 菲林明 \| rowspan=2\| 17 January 1890 \| rowspan=2\| 26 February 1892 \|
rowspan=3\| Sir William Robinson {{small\|(1891–1898)}} \|
9 \| 80px \| G. T. M. O'Brien 柯布連 \| 11 March 1892 \| 30 April 1894 \|
rowspan=2\| 10 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Sir Stewart Lockhart 駱克 \| rowspan=2\| 26 March 1895 \| rowspan=2\| 23 April 1902 \|
rowspan=2\| Sir Henry Arthur Blake {{small\|(1898–1903)}} \|
rowspan=3\| 11 \| rowspan=3\| \| rowspan=3\| Sir Francis Henry May 梅含理 \| rowspan=3\| 14 May 1902 \| rowspan=3\| 30 April 1911 \| {{London Gazette\|issue=27423\|page=2334\|date=8 April 1902}}{{cite news \|last= Clementi\|first= Cecil \|author-link=Cecil Clementi\|date= 1912\|title=General Observations \|url= http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1911/127.pdf\|newspaper= Hong Kong Annual Report (1911)\|page=24\|access-date=5 October 2014 }}
Sir Matthew Nathan {{small\|(1904–1907)}} \|
rowspan=3\| Sir Frederick Lugard {{small\|(1907–1912)}} \|
12 \| File:blanksvg.svg \| Warren Delabere Barnes 班士 \| 7 June 1911 \| 28 October 1911 \| {{cite news \|date= 30 October 1911\|title= Death of Mr. W.D.Barnes\|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19111030-1.2.66.aspx\|newspaper= The Straits Times\|page=7\|location= Singapore\|access-date=3 October 2014 }}
rowspan=3\| 13 \| rowspan=3\| \| rowspan=3\| Sir Claud Severn 施勳 \| rowspan=3\| 22 February 1912 \| rowspan=3\| 14 November 1925 \|
Sir Francis Henry May {{small\|(1912–1918)}} \|
Sir Reginald Stubbs {{small\|(1919–1925)}} \|
rowspan=3\| 14 \| rowspan=3\| 80px \| rowspan=3\| Sir Thomas Southorn 修頓 \| rowspan=3\| 1 May 1926 \| rowspan=3\| 23 March 1936 \| Sir Cecil Clementi {{small\|(1925–1930)}} \|
Sir William Peel {{small\|(1930–1935)}} \|
rowspan=2\| Sir Andrew Caldecott {{small\|(1935–1937)}} \|
rowspan=3\| 15 \| rowspan=3\| 80px \| rowspan=3\| Norman Lockhart Smith 史美 \| rowspan=3\| 26 November 1936 \| rowspan=3\| 8 December 1941 \|
Sir Geoffry Northcote {{small\|(1937–1941)}} \|
rowspan=2\| Sir Mark Aitchison Young {{small\|(1941)}} \|
16 \| 80px \| Sir Franklin Gimson 詹遜 \| 8 December 1941 \| 25 December 1941 \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

width=10px| No.

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=240px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=150px| Governor

! Ref

| 80px

| George Alexander Malcolm
麻恭

| 26 June 1843

| 29 August 1843

| rowspan=2|Sir Henry Pottinger
{{small|(1843–1844)}}

rowspan=2| 2

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Sir Frederick Wright-Bruce
卜魯斯

| rowspan=2| 9 February 1844

| rowspan=2| 1846

| {{London Gazette |issue=20315 |date=9 February 1844 |page=442 }}

rowspan=2|Sir John Francis Davis
{{small|(1843–1848)}}

rowspan=2| 3

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| William Caine
威廉·堅

| rowspan=2| 3 September 1846

| rowspan=2| 12 April 1854

| {{London Gazette |issue=20709 |date=26 February 1847 |page=834 }}

Sir George Bonham
{{small|(1848–1854)}}

rowspan=3| 4

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| William Thomas Mercer
孖沙

| rowspan=3| 13 April 1854

| rowspan=3| 14 May 1867

| Sir John Bowring
{{small|(1854–1859)}}

| {{London Gazette |issue=21635 |date=1 December 1854 |page=3909 }}

Sir Hercules Robinson
{{small|(1859–1865)}}

rowspan=2| Sir Richard MacDonnell
{{small|(1866–1872)}}

rowspan=3| 5

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| John Gardiner Austin
柯士甸

| rowspan=3| 7 May 1868

| rowspan=3| 4 April 1878

| {{London Gazette |issue=23353 |date=18 February 1868 |page=772 }}

Sir Arthur Kennedy
{{small|(1872–1877)}}

rowspan=2| Sir John Pope Hennessy
{{small|(1877–1882)}}

rowspan=2| 6

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| William Henry Marsh
馬師

| rowspan=2| 3 January 1879

| rowspan=2| 10 June 1887

Sir George Bowen
{{small|(1883–1887)}}

| 80px

| Frederick Stewart
史釗域

| 5 October 1887

| 6 October 1889

| rowspan=2| Sir William Des Voeux
{{small|(1887–1891)}}

rowspan=2| 8

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Francis Fleming
菲林明

| rowspan=2| 17 January 1890

| rowspan=2| 26 February 1892

rowspan=3| Sir William Robinson
{{small|(1891–1898)}}

| 80px

| G. T. M. O'Brien
柯布連

| 11 March 1892

| 30 April 1894

rowspan=2| 10

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Sir Stewart Lockhart
駱克

| rowspan=2| 26 March 1895

| rowspan=2| 23 April 1902

rowspan=2| Sir Henry Arthur Blake
{{small|(1898–1903)}}

rowspan=3| 11

| rowspan=3|

| rowspan=3| Sir Francis Henry May
梅含理

| rowspan=3| 14 May 1902

| rowspan=3| 30 April 1911

| {{London Gazette|issue=27423|page=2334|date=8 April 1902}}{{cite news |last= Clementi|first= Cecil |author-link=Cecil Clementi|date= 1912|title=General Observations |url= http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1911/127.pdf|newspaper= Hong Kong Annual Report (1911)|page=24|access-date=5 October 2014 }}

Sir Matthew Nathan
{{small|(1904–1907)}}

rowspan=3| Sir Frederick Lugard
{{small|(1907–1912)}}

| File:blanksvg.svg

| Warren Delabere Barnes
班士

| 7 June 1911

| 28 October 1911

| {{cite news |date= 30 October 1911|title= Death of Mr. W.D.Barnes|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19111030-1.2.66.aspx|newspaper= The Straits Times|page=7|location= Singapore|access-date=3 October 2014 }}

rowspan=3| 13

| rowspan=3|

| rowspan=3| Sir Claud Severn
施勳

| rowspan=3| 22 February 1912

| rowspan=3| 14 November 1925

Sir Francis Henry May
{{small|(1912–1918)}}

Sir Reginald Stubbs
{{small|(1919–1925)}}

rowspan=3| 14

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| Sir Thomas Southorn
修頓

| rowspan=3| 1 May 1926

| rowspan=3| 23 March 1936

| Sir Cecil Clementi
{{small|(1925–1930)}}

Sir William Peel
{{small|(1930–1935)}}

rowspan=2| Sir Andrew Caldecott
{{small|(1935–1937)}}

rowspan=3| 15

| rowspan=3| 80px

| rowspan=3| Norman Lockhart Smith
史美

| rowspan=3| 26 November 1936

| rowspan=3| 8 December 1941

Sir Geoffry Northcote
{{small|(1937–1941)}}

rowspan=2| Sir Mark Aitchison Young
{{small|(1941)}}

| 80px

| Sir Franklin Gimson
詹遜

| 8 December 1941

| 25 December 1941

=Colonial secretaries, 1946–1976=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px\| No. ! width=80px\| Portrait ! width=180px\| Name ! width=180px colspan=2\| Term of office ! width=80px \| Duration ! width=160px\| Governor ! Ref
rowspan=2\| 17 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| David Mercer MacDougall 麥道高 \| rowspan=2\| 1 May 1946 \| rowspan=2\| 11 May 1949 \| rowspan=2\| {{Age in years and days\|1946\|6\|1\|1949\|5\|11}} \| Sir Mark Aitchison Young {{small\|(1946–1947)}} \| rowspan=2\|
rowspan=4\| Sir Alexander Grantham {{small\|(1947–1957)}}
18 \| 80px \| John Fearns Nicoll 列誥 \| 25 May 1949 \| 23 January 1952 \| {{Age in years and days\|1949\|5\|25\|1952\|1\|23}} \|
19 \| 80px \| Sir Robert Brown Black 柏立基 \| 20 February 1952 \| 30 March 1955 \| {{Age in years and days\|1952\|2\|20\|1955\|3\|30}} \|
rowspan=2\| 20 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Edgeworth Beresford David 戴維德 \| rowspan=2\| 4 May 1955 \| rowspan=2\| 24 January 1958 \| rowspan=2\| {{Age in years and days\|1955\|5\|4\|1958\|1\|24}} \| rowspan=2\| {{cite journal \|title=No. 134 of 1958 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary\|date=24 January 1958\|volume=100\|page=223}}
rowspan=3\| Sir Robert Brown Black {{small\|(1958–1964)}}
21 \| 80px \| Claude Bramall Burgess 白嘉時 \| 24 January 1958 \| 10 March 1963 \| {{Age in years and days\|1958\|1\|24\|1963\|3\|11}} \|{{cite journal \|title=No. 716 of 1959 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette\|date=29 May 1959\|volume=101\|page=1360}}{{cite journal \|title=G.N. 469 of 1963 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary\|date=13 March 1963\|volume=105\|page=629}}
rowspan=2\| 22 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Edmund Brinsley Teesdale 戴斯德 \| rowspan=2\| 11 March 1963 \| rowspan=2\| 28 March 1965 \| rowspan=2\| {{Age in years and days\|1963\|3\|11\|1965\|3\|29}} \| rowspan=2\|{{cite journal \|title=G.N. 733 of 1965 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=26 March 1965\|volume=107\|page=1012}}
rowspan=3\| Sir David Trench {{small\|(1964–1971)}}
23 \| 80px \| Sir Michael Gass 祈濟時 \| 4 September 1965 \| 22 January 1969 \| {{Age in years and days\|1965\|9\|4\|1969\|1\|23}} \| {{cite journal \|title=G.N. 2159 of 1965 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary\|date=4 September 1965\|volume=107}}{{cite journal \|title=G.N. 146 of 1969 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=24 January 1969\|volume=111\|page=168}}
rowspan=2\| 24 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Sir Hugh Norman-Walker 羅樂民 \| rowspan=2\| 29 March 1969 \| rowspan=2\| 29 September 1973 \| rowspan=2\| {{Age in years and days\|1969\|3\|29\|1973\|9\|30}} \| rowspan=2\|{{cite journal \|title=G.N. (E.) 10 of 1969 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary \|date=29 March 1969\|volume=111\|page=9}}
rowspan=2\| Sir Murray MacLehose {{small\|(1971–1982)}}
25 \| 80px \| Sir Denys Roberts 羅弼時 \| 30 September 1973 \| 26 August 1976 \| {{Age in years and days\|1973\|9\|30\|1976\|8\|26\|duration=on}} \| {{cite journal \|title=G.N. 2559 of 1973 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=3 October 1973 \|volume=115 \|page=3839}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

width=10px| No.

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=160px| Governor

! Ref

rowspan=2| 17

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| David Mercer MacDougall
麥道高

| rowspan=2| 1 May 1946

| rowspan=2| 11 May 1949

| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1946|6|1|1949|5|11}}

| Sir Mark Aitchison Young
{{small|(1946–1947)}}

| rowspan=2|

rowspan=4| Sir Alexander Grantham
{{small|(1947–1957)}}

| 80px

| John Fearns Nicoll
列誥

| 25 May 1949

| 23 January 1952

| {{Age in years and days|1949|5|25|1952|1|23}}

| 80px

| Sir Robert Brown Black
柏立基

| 20 February 1952

| 30 March 1955

| {{Age in years and days|1952|2|20|1955|3|30}}

rowspan=2| 20

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Edgeworth Beresford David
戴維德

| rowspan=2| 4 May 1955

| rowspan=2| 24 January 1958

| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1955|5|4|1958|1|24}}

| rowspan=2| {{cite journal |title=No. 134 of 1958 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary|date=24 January 1958|volume=100|page=223}}

rowspan=3| Sir Robert Brown Black
{{small|(1958–1964)}}

| 80px

| Claude Bramall Burgess
白嘉時

| 24 January 1958

| 10 March 1963

| {{Age in years and days|1958|1|24|1963|3|11}}

|{{cite journal |title=No. 716 of 1959 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette|date=29 May 1959|volume=101|page=1360}}{{cite journal |title=G.N. 469 of 1963 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary|date=13 March 1963|volume=105|page=629}}

rowspan=2| 22

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Edmund Brinsley Teesdale
戴斯德

| rowspan=2| 11 March 1963

| rowspan=2| 28 March 1965

| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1963|3|11|1965|3|29}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite journal |title=G.N. 733 of 1965 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=26 March 1965|volume=107|page=1012}}

rowspan=3| Sir David Trench
{{small|(1964–1971)}}

| 80px

| Sir Michael Gass
祈濟時

| 4 September 1965

| 22 January 1969

| {{Age in years and days|1965|9|4|1969|1|23}}

| {{cite journal |title=G.N. 2159 of 1965 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary|date=4 September 1965|volume=107}}{{cite journal |title=G.N. 146 of 1969 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=24 January 1969|volume=111|page=168}}

rowspan=2| 24

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Sir Hugh Norman-Walker
羅樂民

| rowspan=2| 29 March 1969

| rowspan=2| 29 September 1973

| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1969|3|29|1973|9|30}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite journal |title=G.N. (E.) 10 of 1969 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary |date=29 March 1969|volume=111|page=9}}

rowspan=2| Sir Murray MacLehose
{{small|(1971–1982)}}

| 80px

| Sir Denys Roberts
羅弼時

| 30 September 1973

| 26 August 1976

| {{Age in years and days|1973|9|30|1976|8|26|duration=on}}

| {{cite journal |title=G.N. 2559 of 1973 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=3 October 1973 |volume=115 |page=3839}}

=Chief secretaries, 1976–1997=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px\| No. ! width=80px\| Portrait ! width=180px\| Name ! width=180px colspan=2\| Term of office ! width=80px \| Duration ! width=160px\| Governor ! Ref
1 \| 80px \| Sir Denys Roberts 羅弼時 \| 27 August 1976 \| 2 October 1978 \| {{Age in years and days\|1976\|8\|27\|1978\|10\|2\|duration=on}} \| rowspan="3" \|Sir Murray MacLehose {{small\|(1971–1982)}} \| {{cite journal \|title=G.N. 2536 of 1978 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=6 October 1978 \|volume=120 \|page=2887}}
2 \| 80px \| Sir Jack Cater 姬達 \| 3 October 1978 \| 19 November 1981 \| {{Age in years and days\|1978\|10\|3\|1981\|11\|19\|duration=on}} \| {{cite journal \|title=G.N. 3410 of 1981 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|volume=123\|page=4156}}
rowspan="2" \| 3 \| rowspan="2" \| 80px \| rowspan="2" \| Sir Philip Haddon-Cave 夏鼎基 \| rowspan="2" \| 20 November 1981 \| rowspan="2" \| 9 June 1985 \| rowspan="2" \|{{Age in years and days\|1981\|11\|20\|1985\|6\|9\|duration=on}} \| rowspan="2" \|{{cite journal \|title=G.N. 1875 of 1985 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=14 June 1985 \|volume=127 \|page=2626}}
rowspan=2\|Sir Edward Youde {{small\|(1982–1986)}}
4 \| 80px \| Sir David Akers-Jones 鍾逸傑 \| 10 June 1985 \| 11 February 1987 \| {{Age in years and days\|1985\|6\|10\|1987\|2\|11\|duration=on}} \| {{cite journal \|title=G.N. 440 of 1987 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=13 February 1987 \|volume=129 \|page=667}}
rowspan=2\| 5 \|rowspan=2\| 80px \|rowspan=2\| Sir David Robert Ford 霍德 \|rowspan=2\| 12 February 1987 \|rowspan=2\| 28 November 1993 \|rowspan=2\| {{Age in years and days\|1987\|2\|12\|1993\|11\|28\|duration=on}} \|Sir David Wilson {{small\|(1987–1992)}} \|rowspan=2\|{{cite journal \|title=G.N. 440 of 1993 \|journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette \|date=3 December 1993 \|volume=134 \|page=6073}}
rowspan=2\| Chris Patten {{small\|(1992–1997)}}
6 \| 80px \| Anson Chan 陳方安生 \| 29 November 1993 \| 30 June 1997 \| {{Age in years and days\|1993\|11\|29\|1997\|6\|30\|duration=on}} \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

width=10px| No.

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=160px| Governor

! Ref

| 80px

| Sir Denys Roberts
羅弼時

| 27 August 1976

| 2 October 1978

| {{Age in years and days|1976|8|27|1978|10|2|duration=on}}

| rowspan="3" |Sir Murray MacLehose
{{small|(1971–1982)}}

| {{cite journal |title=G.N. 2536 of 1978 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=6 October 1978 |volume=120 |page=2887}}

| 80px

| Sir Jack Cater
姬達

| 3 October 1978

| 19 November 1981

| {{Age in years and days|1978|10|3|1981|11|19|duration=on}}

| {{cite journal |title=G.N. 3410 of 1981 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |volume=123|page=4156}}

rowspan="2" | 3

| rowspan="2" | 80px

| rowspan="2" | Sir Philip Haddon-Cave
夏鼎基

| rowspan="2" | 20 November 1981

| rowspan="2" | 9 June 1985

| rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1981|11|20|1985|6|9|duration=on}}

| rowspan="2" |{{cite journal |title=G.N. 1875 of 1985 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=14 June 1985 |volume=127 |page=2626}}

rowspan=2|Sir Edward Youde
{{small|(1982–1986)}}

| 80px

| Sir David Akers-Jones
鍾逸傑

| 10 June 1985

| 11 February 1987

| {{Age in years and days|1985|6|10|1987|2|11|duration=on}}

| {{cite journal |title=G.N. 440 of 1987 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=13 February 1987 |volume=129 |page=667}}

rowspan=2| 5

|rowspan=2| 80px

|rowspan=2| Sir David Robert Ford
霍德

|rowspan=2| 12 February 1987

|rowspan=2| 28 November 1993

|rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1987|2|12|1993|11|28|duration=on}}

|Sir David Wilson
{{small|(1987–1992)}}

|rowspan=2|{{cite journal |title=G.N. 440 of 1993 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=3 December 1993 |volume=134 |page=6073}}

rowspan=2| Chris Patten
{{small|(1992–1997)}}

| 80px

| Anson Chan
陳方安生

| 29 November 1993

| 30 June 1997

| {{Age in years and days|1993|11|29|1997|6|30|duration=on}}

=Chief secretaries for administration, 1997–present=

Political party: {{legend2|{{party color|Nonpartisan}}|Nonpartisan|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px\| No. ! width=80px\| Portrait ! width=180px\| Name ! width=180px colspan=2\| Term of office ! width=80px \| Duration ! width=120px\|Chief Executive ! Term ! Ref
style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|1 \| 80px \| Anson Chan 陳方安生 \| 1 July 1997 \| 30 April 2001 \| {{Age in years and days\|1997\|7\|1\|2001\|4\|30\|duration=on}} \| rowspan=3\|Tung Chee-hwa {{small\|(1997–2005)}} \| rowspan=2 align=center\|1 \|
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|2 \| rowspan=2\|80px \| rowspan=2\|Donald Tsang Yam-kuen 曾蔭權 \| rowspan=2\|1 May 2001 \| rowspan=2\|31 May 2005{{efn\|Resigned on 25 May 2005, with effect from 1 June 2005, Michael Suen served as acting Chief Secretary between 25 May and 30 June 2005.}} \| rowspan=2\|{{Age in years and days\|2001\|5\|1\|2005\|5\|31\|duration=on}} \|
align=center\| 2 \|
style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center \|3 \| 80px \| Rafael Hui Si-yan 許仕仁 \| 30 June 2005 \| 30 June 2007 \| {{Age in years and days\|2005\|7\|1\|2007\|6\|30\|duration=on}} \| rowspan=3\|Donald Tsang {{small\|(2005–2012)}} \| align=center\|2 \|
style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|4 \| 80px \| Henry Tang Ying-yen 唐英年 \| 1 July 2007 \| 30 September 2011{{efn\|Resigned on 28 September 2011, with effect from 30 September 2011, Michael Suen served as acting Chief Secretary between 28 and 30 September 2011.}} \| {{Age in years and days\|2007\|7\|1\|2011\|9\|29\|duration=on}} \| rowspan=2 align=center\| 3 \|
style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|5 \| 80px \| Stephen Lam Sui-lung 林瑞麟 \| 30 September 2011 \| 30 June 2012 \| {{Age in years and days\|2011\|9\|30\|2012\|6\|30\|duration=on}} \|
style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|6 \| 80px \| Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 林鄭月娥 \| 1 July 2012 \| 16 January 2017{{efn\|Resigned on 12 January 2017, with effect from 16 January 2017, Matthew Cheung served as acting Chief Secretary from 13 to 16 January 2017.}} \| {{Age in years and days\|2012\|7\|1\|2017\|1\|16\|duration=on}} \| rowspan=2\| Leung Chun-ying {{small\|(2012–2017)}} \| rowspan=2 align=center\| 4 \|{{Cite web \|title=New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos) \|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/28/P201206280236.htm \|access-date=2024-03-25 \|website=www.info.gov.hk}}{{Cite web \|title=CE receives CS' resignation \|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/12/P2017011200559.htm \|access-date=2024-03-25 \|website=www.info.gov.hk}}
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|7 \| rowspan=2\| 80px \| rowspan=2\| Matthew Cheung Kin-chung 張建宗 \| rowspan=2\| 16 January 2017 \| rowspan=2\| 25 June 2021 \| rowspan=2\| {{Age in years and days\|2017\|1\|16\|2021\|6\|25\|duration=on}} \|{{Cite web \|title=New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos) \|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/21/P2017062100346.htm \|access-date=2024-03-25 \|website=www.info.gov.hk}}
rowspan=2\| Carrie Lam {{small\|(2017–2022)}} \| rowspan=2 align=center\| 5 \|
rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|8 \| rowspan=1\| 80px \| rowspan=1\| John Lee Ka-chiu 李家超 \| rowspan=1\| 25 June 2021 \| rowspan=1\| 7 April 2022{{efn\|Resigned on 6 April 2022, with effect from 7 April 2022; Position vacant until 1 July 2022.}} \| rowspan=1\| {{Age in years and days\|2021\|6\|25\|2022\|4\|7\|duration=on}} \|{{Cite web \|title=Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos) \|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202106/25/P2021062500412.htm \|access-date=2024-03-25 \|website=www.info.gov.hk}}
rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color\|Nonpartisan}}" align=center\|9 \| rowspan=1\| 80px \| rowspan=1\| Eric Chan Kwok-ki 陳國基 \| rowspan=1\| 1 July 2022 \| rowspan=1\| Incumbent \| rowspan=1\| {{Age in years and days\|2022\|7\|1\|duration=on\|sep=and}} \| rowspan=1\| John Lee {{small\|(2022–present)}} \| rowspan=1 align=center\| 6 \|{{Cite web \|title=Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos) \|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202206/19/P2022061900202.htm?fontSize=1 \|access-date=2024-03-25 \|website=www.info.gov.hk}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

width=10px| No.

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=120px|Chief Executive

! Term

! Ref

style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|1

| 80px

| Anson Chan
陳方安生

| 1 July 1997

| 30 April 2001

| {{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|2001|4|30|duration=on}}

| rowspan=3|Tung Chee-hwa
{{small|(1997–2005)}}

| rowspan=2 align=center|1

rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|2

| rowspan=2|80px

| rowspan=2|Donald Tsang Yam-kuen
曾蔭權

| rowspan=2|1 May 2001

| rowspan=2|31 May 2005{{efn|Resigned on 25 May 2005, with effect from 1 June 2005, Michael Suen served as acting Chief Secretary between 25 May and 30 June 2005.}}

| rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|2001|5|1|2005|5|31|duration=on}}

align=center| 2

style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center |3

| 80px

| Rafael Hui Si-yan
許仕仁

| 30 June 2005

| 30 June 2007

| {{Age in years and days|2005|7|1|2007|6|30|duration=on}}

| rowspan=3|Donald Tsang
{{small|(2005–2012)}}

| align=center|2

style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|4

| 80px

| Henry Tang Ying-yen
唐英年

| 1 July 2007

| 30 September 2011{{efn|Resigned on 28 September 2011, with effect from 30 September 2011, Michael Suen served as acting Chief Secretary between 28 and 30 September 2011.}}

| {{Age in years and days|2007|7|1|2011|9|29|duration=on}}

| rowspan=2 align=center| 3

style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|5

| 80px

| Stephen Lam Sui-lung
林瑞麟

| 30 September 2011

| 30 June 2012

| {{Age in years and days|2011|9|30|2012|6|30|duration=on}}

style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|6

| 80px

| Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
林鄭月娥

| 1 July 2012

| 16 January 2017{{efn|Resigned on 12 January 2017, with effect from 16 January 2017, Matthew Cheung served as acting Chief Secretary from 13 to 16 January 2017.}}

| {{Age in years and days|2012|7|1|2017|1|16|duration=on}}

| rowspan=2| Leung Chun-ying
{{small|(2012–2017)}}

| rowspan=2 align=center| 4

|{{Cite web |title=New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/28/P201206280236.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}{{Cite web |title=CE receives CS' resignation |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/12/P2017011200559.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|7

| rowspan=2| 80px

| rowspan=2| Matthew Cheung Kin-chung
張建宗

| rowspan=2| 16 January 2017

| rowspan=2| 25 June 2021

| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|2017|1|16|2021|6|25|duration=on}}

|{{Cite web |title=New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/21/P2017062100346.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

rowspan=2| Carrie Lam
{{small|(2017–2022)}}

| rowspan=2 align=center| 5

rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|8

| rowspan=1| 80px

| rowspan=1| John Lee Ka-chiu
李家超

| rowspan=1| 25 June 2021

| rowspan=1| 7 April 2022{{efn|Resigned on 6 April 2022, with effect from 7 April 2022; Position vacant until 1 July 2022.}}

| rowspan=1| {{Age in years and days|2021|6|25|2022|4|7|duration=on}}

|{{Cite web |title=Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202106/25/P2021062500412.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|9

| rowspan=1| 80px

| rowspan=1| Eric Chan Kwok-ki
陳國基

| rowspan=1| 1 July 2022

| rowspan=1| Incumbent

| rowspan=1| {{Age in years and days|2022|7|1|duration=on|sep=and}}

| rowspan=1| John Lee
{{small|(2022–present)}}

| rowspan=1 align=center| 6

|{{Cite web |title=Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202206/19/P2022061900202.htm?fontSize=1 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

Residence

File:Victoria House 01.JPG

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

|last=Choa

|first=Gerald H.

|title=The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai: A Prominent Figure in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong

|edition= 2nd

|year=2000

|publisher=Chinese University Press

|location=Hong Kong

|isbn=978-962-201-873-0

|oclc=44267286

|page=274

|chapter=Appendix II: Colonial Secretaries of Hong Kong, 1843–1912

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzWs6_BUBPoC&pg=PA274}}

;Specific

External links

[http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/home/home.htm Official website]
[http://www.info.gov.hk/govcht_e.htm Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government]

Chief Secretary

Chief Secretary for Administration

List of chief secretaries of Hong Kong

=Colonial secretaries, 1843–1941=

=Colonial secretaries, 1946–1976=

=Chief secretaries, 1976–1997=

=Chief secretaries for administration, 1997–present=

Residence

See also

References

External links