Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Financial Secretary 香港特別行政區財政司司長
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Incumbent The Hon Paul Chan since 16 January 2016
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Executive Council
Reports to	Legislative Council
Residence	45 Shouson Hill Road
Appointer	State Council of the People's Republic of China nomination by Chief Executive
Term length	No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term
Formation	1 July 1997
Salary	HK$4.3 million p.a.[1]
Website	FSO

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The Financial Secretary (Chinese: 財政司司長) is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. The position is among the three most senior Principal Officials of the Government, second only to the Chief Secretary in the order of precedence (but not subordinate to the CS). Together with other secretaries, the Financial Secretary is accountable to the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive (the Governor before the 1997 transfer of sovereignty) for his actions in supervising the formulation and implementation of financial and economic policies.

The position evolved out of the office of the Colonial Treasurer before 1940. The Financial Secretary is a member of the Executive Council, and gives advice to the Chief Executive in that capacity. He is also responsible for delivering the annual budget to the Legislative Council. To date, it is the only office among the three highest Principal Officials of the Government (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice/Attorney General) not to have been occupied by a woman.

The incumbent Financial Secretary is Paul Chan Mo-po.

List of Secretaries

Secretaries and Treasurers to the Superintendent, 1842–1844

• Edward Elmslie, 1842–1843
• District Court
  • Chief District Judge: Justin Ko

  Magistrates' Court

  • Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak

  Special courts and tribunals:

  • Coroner’s CourtMagistrates' Court
    • Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak

    Special

    Special courts and tribunals:

    • Coroner’s Court
    • Chinese: 財政司司長) is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. The position is among the three most senior Principal Officials of the Government, second only to the Chief Secretary in the order of precedence (but not subordinate to the CS). Together with other secretaries, the Financial Secretary is accountable to the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive (the Governor before the 1997 transfer of sovereignty) for his actions in supervising the formulation and implementation of financial and economic policies.

      The position evolved out of the office of the Colonial Treasurer before 1940. The Financial Secretary is a member of the Executive Council, and gives advice to the Chief Executive in that capacity. He is also responsible for delivering the annual budget to the Legislative Council. To date, it is the only office among the three highest Principal Officials of the Government (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice/Attorney General) not to have been occupied by a woman.

      The incumbent Financial Secretary is Paul Chan Mo-po.

      List of Secretaries

      Secretaries and Treasurers to the Superintendent, 1842–1844

      • Edward Elmslie, 1842–1843
      • Charles Edward Stewart, 1843–1844

      Colonial Treasurers, 1844–1937

      №	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
      1		Montgomery Martin	31 May 1844	8 July 1845	Sir John Francis Davis (1843–1844)
      2		William Thomas Mercer 孖沙	1 January 1848[2]	31 March 1854
      					Sir George Bonham (1844–1854)
      3		Robert Rienaecker	1854[2]	1856	Sir John Bowring (1844–1859)
      4		Frederick Forth	15 May 1857[2]	23 February 1871
      					Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865)
      					Sir Richard MacDonnell (1865–1872)
      5		Sir Cecil Clementi Smith	13 November 1874	29 April 1878
      					Sir Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877)
      6		Sir James Russell 羅素	26 February 1880	24 March 1883
      					Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882)
      7		Alfred Lister 理斯特	26 May 1883Executive Council, and gives advice to the Chief Executive in that capacity. He is also responsible for delivering the annual budget to the Legislative Council. To date, it is the only office among the three highest Principal Officials of the Government (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice/Attorney General) not to have been occupied by a woman. The incumbent Financial Secretary is Paul Chan Mo-po. Political party:   Nonpartisan № Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref 1 Donald Tsang Yam-kuen 曾蔭權 1 July 1997 30 April 2001 3 years, 304 days Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) 1 2 Antony Leung Kam-chung 梁錦松 1 May 2001 16 July 2003 2 years, 77 days 2 3 Henry Tang Ying-yen 唐英年 4 August 2003 30 June 2007 3 years, 349 days Donald Tsang (2005–2012) 2 4 John Tsang Chun-wah 曾俊華 1 July 2007 16 January 2017[n 1] 9 years, 200 days 3 Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) 4 5 Paul Chan Mo-po 陳茂波 16 January 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 299 days Carrie Lam (2017–present) 5 ^ Resigned on 12 December 2016, with effect on 16 January 2017, KC Chan served as acting Financial Secretary from 13 December 2016 to 16 January 2017. Residence Residence of the Financial Secretary. The Financial Secretary's residence is on 45 Shouson Hill Road in Deep Water Bay. It is listed as a grade 2 building. Described as a two-story neo-Georgian style residence built in 1935 and originally owned by Sir Shouson Chow as his own residence. The first Financial Secretary who moved into the building was Sir Charles Geoffrey Shield Follows. See also  Hong Kong portal References ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Hong Kong Government. ^ a b c Endacott, G. B. (2005) [1962]. A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-9622097421. ^ a b sunzi.lib.hku.hk PDF ^ "No. 596 of 1961". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 103: 885. 14 April 1961. ^ "No. 647 of 1961". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 103: 967. 20 April 1961. ^ a b "G.N. 1425 of 1971". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 113: 2064. 2 July 1971. ^ a b "G.N. 1599 of 1981". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 123: 1879. 5 June 1981. ^ a b "G.N. 1892 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 128: 2560. 6 June 1986. ^ a b "G.N. 2824 of 1991". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 133: 4272. 16 August 1991. ^ a b "G.N. 3433 of 1995". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 137: 5318. 1 September 1995. External links Financial Secretary