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[43] [44] He was officially sworn in on 1 July 2022 in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping, [45] [46] becoming the third Hong Kong leader with a police background, the others being William Caine and Sir Francis Henry May, who served as acting Governor and Governor of Hong Kong, respectively.
The chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. [3] The position was created to replace the office of Governor of Hong Kong, the representative of the Monarch of the United Kingdom during British colonial rule. [4]
Xi visited Hong Kong as president in 2017 and 2022, in the 20th and 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong respectively. [301] In his 2022 visit , he swore in John Lee as chief executive, a former police officer that was backed by the Chinese government to expand control over the city.
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [1] (commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government) is the executive authorities of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, following the handover of Hong Kong .
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen GBM GBS MBE JP (Chinese: 梁君彥; born 24 February 1951 [1]) is a Hong Kong politician who is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency.
Hong Kong has long been known as a free and open trading hub, but China's imposition on Hong Kong of a sweeping national security law in 2020 drew criticism from the U.S. and led it to end the ...
On 8 May 2022, her husband won the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, as the sole candidate approved by China. He took office on 1 July 2022, making Lam the first lady of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. [5] [6] In September 2022, she was introduced as the president of The Community Chest of Hong Kong. [7]
After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, she became an administrative officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service. In 1982, while she remained a civil servant, the Hong Kong government funded her further studies at the University of Cambridge, where she met her future husband, mathematician Lam Siu-por. [21]