# Secretary for Environment and Ecology

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Chinese: 環境及生態局局長) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for environment protection policy in Hong Kong. The position was created most recently in 2007 as the Secretary for the Environment to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works.
On 1 July 2022, the position renamed with the absorption of the food and environmental hygiene portfolio from the Secretary for Food and Health.
The position was renamed various times to include different portfolios, including Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Chinese: 環境運輸及工務局局長), who heads the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, responsible for public works projects, transport related issues and environmental protection.

## List of office holders

Political party: Nonpartisan

### Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor | Ref |
| 1 | | James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信 | June 1973 | June 1976 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) | |
| 2 | | Derek Jones 鍾信 | June 1976 | August 1981 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) | |

### Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor |
| 1 | David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖 | September 1981 | July 1983 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |
| 1 | David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖 | September 1981 | July 1983 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) |
| 2 | Chan Nai-keong 陳乃強 | July 1983 | 15 August 1986 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) |
| 3 | Graham Barnes 班禮士 | 16 August 1986 | 31 August 1989 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) |
| 3 | Graham Barnes 班禮士 | 16 August 1986 | 31 August 1989 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |

### Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor |
| 1 | Graham Barnes 班禮士 | 1 September 1989 | 31 March 1992 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
| 2 | Anthony Gordon Eason 伊信 | 1 April 1992 | May 1995 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
| 2 | Anthony Gordon Eason 伊信 | 1 April 1992 | May 1995 | Chris Patten (1992–1997) |
| 3 | Bowen Joseph Leung 梁寶榮 | 15 May 1995 | 30 June 1997 | Chris Patten (1992–1997) |

### Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1997–1999

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
| 1 | | Bowen Joseph Leung Po-wing 梁寶榮 | 1 July 1997 | 14 November 1998 | 197 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |
| 2 | | Gordon Siu Kwing-chue 蕭炯柱 | 21 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | 344 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |

#### Planning affairs were handled by the Secretary for Planning and Lands between 2000 and 2002.
### Secretaries for the Environment and Food, 2000–2002

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
| 1 | | Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying 任關佩英 | 1 July 2000 | 30 June 2002 | 1 year, 364 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |

### Secretaries for the Environment, Transport and Works, 2002–2007

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
| 1 | | Sarah Liao Sau-tung 廖秀冬 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | 4 years, 364 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 2 | |
| 1 | | Sarah Liao Sau-tung 廖秀冬 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | 4 years, 364 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) | 2 | |

### Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term |
| 1 | Edward Yau Tang-wah 邱騰華 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) | 3 |
| 2 | Wong Kam-sing 黃錦星 | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2022 | 10 years, 0 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) | 4 |
| 2 | Wong Kam-sing 黃錦星 | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2022 | 10 years, 0 days | Carrie Lam (2017–2022) | 5 |

### Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
| 1 | | Tse Chin-wan 謝展寰 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 171 days | John Lee (2022–present) | 6 | |