Office of the Chief Executive (CEO) is one of the

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for the

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta ...

. It consists of the immediate staff to the

Chief Executive of Hong Kong 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. The position was created to replace the office of governor of ...

and multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Chief Executive. The current director is Carol Yip, making her the first woman to hold the office.

History

Prior to the

transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong Sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC) at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony. Hong Kong was established as a special admin ...

, the Government House has always been the office location for the

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. After the transfer in 1997, the first

Tung Chee Hwa Tung Chee-hwa (; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chin ...

choose not to reside in the Government House, which relocated the office to the Government Secretariat. When

Donald Tsang Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyin ...

assumed office in June 2005, he decided to reside in the Government House again and initiated a multiple months length remodeling for the house. In January 2006, the office relocated back to the Government House. After the National Security Law was passed, the Chief Executive Office told ''

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'' that it would reveal the list of designated judges for national security cases, but in January 2021, ''Apple Daily'' revealed that the Chief Executive Office had broken its promise and cited confidentiality. In August 2022, after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, John Lee criticized the visit and vowed that "The Hong Kong government would fully support and facilitate all necessary measures by Beijing to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity." After mainland China suspended imports from hundreds of food factories in Taiwan, the Office of the Chief Executive was asked whether Hong Kong would do the same, and the Office said it had nothing to add.

Staff members

Directors

Political party:

Deputy Director

Richard Yuen Richard Yuen Ming-fai, GBS, JP (, born 6 March 1956), is the former Commissioner of Customs and Excise for the Customs and Excise Department of Hong Kong. Background Richard Yuen joined the Administrative Service in August 1980. He has serv ...

, JP (March 2003 – October 2003)

Permanent Secretary

* Andrew Wong, JP (August 2005– January 2006) * Chang King-yiu, JP (February 2006– October 2007) * Elizabeth Tse, JP (October 2007 – April 2010) * Kenneth Mak, JP (April 2010 – June 2012) * Alice Lau, JP (July 2012 – June 2017) * Jessie Ting, JP (July 2017 – August 2019) * Shirley Lam, JP (September 2019 – June 2022) * Daniel Cheng, JP (July 2022 – Incumbent)

Information Coordinator

Stephen Lam Stephen Lam Sui-lung (Cantonese pronunciation: ; born 24 November 1955) was the Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs. Lam was born in Hong Kong attended Wah Yan College. He ...

, GBS, JP (January 1999 – June 2002) *

Andy Ho Andy Ho (born Andrew Chin Guan Ho; 2 July 1913 – 16 January 1992) was a Singapore-born (then part of British Malaya) film and television actor who worked in London and Hollywood from the 1950s through to the 1980s. Biography Andy Ho was born ...

(13 February 2006 – 30 June 2012) * June Tang (1 July 2012 – 31 July 2013) * Andrew Fung (16 December 2013 – 30 June 2017) Information Coordinator was created by

after the

, prior to the transfer, press release was handle by

Information Services Department The Information Services Department (ISD) is the Hong Kong Government's public relations office, publisher, advertiser, and news agency, serving as the link between the government and the media. It was also commonly called Government Informat ...

Special Assistant (defunct)

Gary Chan Gary Chan Hak-kan, BBS, JP (born 24 April 1976) is a current member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He represents the New Territories North East constituency and is a member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progre ...

(2006–2008) * Ronald Chan (2010–2012)

References

External links

Chief Executive - Office
{{Office of the Chief Executive (Hong Kong) Government of Hong Kong