Solicitor General of Hong Kong

! No.

! style="text-align: left;"|Office holder

! style="text-align: left;"|Term

! style="text-align: left;"|Notes

| [http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=489 George E Strickland], QCR v Lo Sau King and others 1962 HKLR 299 at 307 to 308 and Mr George Strickland Lauded on Appointment as KC, China Mail, October 25, 1951, p1

| 1947-1952

| Came to Hong Kong in 1945 as Chief Legal Adviser to British Military Administration. Acting Attorney General prior to appointment. Appointed Attorney General for Sarawak in 1952.Obituary, Sarawak Gazette, 30 November 1957

| [http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=372 Arthur Hooton], QCR v Lo Sau King and others 1962 HKLR 299 at 307 to 308

| 1952-1961

|

| Maurice Heenan, QCWho's Who 2001, entry for Heenan

| 1961

| Non-British-born (born in New Zealand). Appointed Attorney General in 1961.

| Denys Roberts, QC

| 1962-1966

| Appointed Attorney General in 1966. Later Colonial/Chief Secretary and Chief Justice.

| [http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=641 Graham Sneath], QCHong Kong Who's Who, 1970-1973 entry for Sneath

| 1966-1973

|

| John Hobley, QCWho's Who 1994 entry for Hobley

| 12 May - 29 September 1973

| Appointed Attorney General in 1973. Retired and left Hong Kong 1979.

| [https://law.tulane.edu/international-legislative-drafting-institute/honorees Garth Thornton]https://law.tulane.edu/international-legislative-drafting-institute/honorees Tulane Law School Honorees

| 1973-1979

| Author of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140831141738/http://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/1570/Bloomsbury-Professional-Thornton-s-Legislative-Drafting--5th-edition.html Thornton's Legislative Drafting]

| 1979-1981

| Position abolished in 1979; reestablished in 1981.[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr80-81/english/lc_sitg/hansard/h801022.pdf Speech By Peter C W Wong in Legco, Hansard 22 October 1980 at p87]

| [http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=786 Ray Astin]Who's Who in Hong Kong 1984 entry for Astin. Full name is Ernest Raymond Astin

| 1981-1984

| Full name was Ernest Raymond Astin

| [http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=788 James Findlay], QCFindlay CV at {{Cite web| url=http://www.aprag.org/downloads/cv/FINDLAY%20James.pdf | title=CURRICULUM VITAE James Kerr Findlay, OBE, GBS, QC(HK), FCIArb | access-date=2013-10-12 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015052029/http://www.aprag.org/downloads/cv/FINDLAY%20James.pdf | archive-date=2013-10-15}}

| 1984-1986

| Later became Judge of the High Court.

| Frank Stock, QC[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200906/25/P200906250209.htm Judicial Appointment, 25 June 2009], Hong Kong Government press release

| 1987-1991

| Became High Court Judge, Vice President of the Court of Appeal and then Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

| Bertrand de SpevilleKenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), 11 Jul 2000, p1515[http://despeville.com/wawancara%20KPK%20Hongkong.pdf Bertrand de Speville, interview (Indonesia)]

| 1991-1993

| British, born 16 June 1941, (Commissioner of ICAC, 1993-1996)

| [http://www.dvc.hk/en/members-of-chambers/silks/daniel-r.-fung/ Daniel Richard Fung Wah-kin, QC (馮華健)][http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr99-00/english/panels/ajls/papers/b2359e03.pdf Appointment to the post of Solicitor General], LC Paper No. CB(2)2359/99-00(03), 20 June 2000

| 1994 - 30 Jun 1997

|born c1954. Was appointed from private practice; Returned to private practice as senior counsel

! No.

! style="text-align: left;" |Office Holder

! style="text-align: left;" |Tenure Start

!Tenure End

!Length of Tenure

!Appointed By

!Prior Role

!Silk

|Daniel Richard Fung Wah-kin, SBS, QC, SC, JP{{Cite web |date=1998-06-19 |title=Law chief sticks by decision to quit |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/245138/law-chief-sticks-decision-quit |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

|1 July 1997

|30 August 1998

|{{age in years and days|1997|7|1|1998|08|30|sep=and|duration=on}}

| rowspan="2" |Elsie Leung

|Assumed role; was last Solicitor General in British Hong Kong

|QC (1990)

|Robert Charles Allcock, SBS{{Cite web |title=Appointment of Solicitor General |date=October 24, 2000 |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200010/24/1024123.htm |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

|17 August 2000

|24 January 2007

|{{age in years and days|2000|08|17|2007|01|24|sep=and|duration=on}}

|Acting Solicitor General / Principal Government Counsel

|

|Ian George McCurdy Wingfield, GBS

|25 January 2007

|1 August 2010

|{{age in years and days|2007|01|25|2010|08|01|sep=and|duration=on}}

| rowspan="2" |Wong Yan-lung, SC

|Law Officer (International Law)

|

|Frank Poon Ying-kwong{{Cite web |title=Appointment of Solicitor General |date=July 7, 2010 |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201007/07/P201007070250.htm |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

|2 August 2010

|2 September 2015

|{{age in years and days|2010|08|02|2015|09|02|sep=and|duration=on}}

|Deputy Solicitor General

|

|Wesley Wong Wai-chung, SC, JP{{Cite web |title=Wesley Wong appointed as Solicitor General (with photo) |date=August 11, 2015 |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201508/11/P201508110367.htm |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}

|3 September 2015

|30 September 2021{{Cite web |date=3 October 2021 |title=法律政策專員黃惠沖 本月起被調任法改會秘書長 |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20211003/bkn-20211003170142612-1003_00822_001.html |website=東網}}

|{{age in years and days|2015|9|3|sep=and|duration=on|2021|09|30}}

|Rimsky Yuen, SC

|Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions

|SC (2013)

|Llewellyn Mui Kei-fat{{Cite web |title=Appointments of Law Officer (International Law) and Solicitor General (with photos) |date=September 14, 2022 |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202209/14/P2022091400315.htm |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=info.gov.hk}}

|15 September 2022

|Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2022|9|15|sep=and|duration=on