Chief Executive of Hong Kong

The **Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China** is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong.

The office was created to replace the Governor of Hong Kong. The office, followed by the Hong Kong Basic Law, was created on 1 July 1997 when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.

## List of Chief Executives of Hong Kong

**Political party:**

|No.|Portrait|width=180px|Name <small>Chinese name (Birth–Death)</small>|colspan=2|Term of office<hr/>Duration in years and days|Election|Political alignment|Term|Government <small>(supporting parties)</small>|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3 style="background:"|**1**|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|**Tung Chee-hwa** <span style="font-size:125%;"></span> <small>(born 1937)</small>|rowspan=2|1997|rowspan=2|2005|1996|rowspan=3|Pro-Beijing|1|Tung I <small>(DAB • LP)</small>|rowspan=3|||
|rowspan=2|2002|rowspan=3|2|rowspan=2|Tung II <small>(DAB • FTU • LP • TA)</small>|||||||||||||
|rowspan=3 style="background:"|**2**|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|**Donald Tsang** <span style="font-size:125%;"></span> <small>(born 1944)</small>|rowspan=2|<small>21 June</small> 2005|rowspan=2|<small>30 June</small> 2012|2005|rowspan=3|Pro-Beijing|Tsang I <small>(DAB • FTU • LP • TA)</small>|rowspan=3||||
|rowspan=2|2007|rowspan=2|3|rowspan=2|Tsang II <small>(DAB • LP • FTU • TA • ES)</small>|||||||||||||
|rowspan=2 style="background:"|**3**|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**Leung Chun-ying** <span style="font-size:125%;"></span> <small>(born 1954)</small>|<small>1 July</small> 2012|<small>30 June</small> 2017|rowspan=2|2012|rowspan=2|Pro-Beijing|rowspan=2|4|rowspan=2|Leung <small>(DAB • FTU • BPA • NPP • LP)</small>|rowspan=2||
|rowspan=2 style="background:"|**4**|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**Carrie Lam** <span style="font-size:125%;"></span> <small>(born 1957)</small>|<small>1 July</small> 2017|<small>1 July</small> 2022|rowspan=2|2017|rowspan=2|Pro-Beijing|rowspan=2|5|rowspan=2|Lam <small>(DAB • BPA • FTU • LP • NPP)</small>|rowspan=2||
|rowspan=2 style="background:"|**5**|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**John Lee** <span style="font-size:125%;"></span> <small>(born 1957)</small>|<small>1 July</small> 2022|Incumbent|rowspan=2|2022|rowspan=2|Pro-Beijing|rowspan=2|6|rowspan=2|Lee <small>(DAB • BPA • FTU • LP • NPP)</small>|rowspan=2||

## Other websites

- Office of the Chief Executive
- Relocation of the Residence and Office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Archive – Chief Executive 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2017
- Archive – Chief Executive 21 June 2005 – 30 June 2012
- Archive – Chief Executive 12 March 2005 – 20 June 2005
- Archive – Chief Executive 1 July 1997 – 11 March 2005

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Chief Executive
- **body**: the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China

- **insignia**: Hong Kong SAR Regional Emblem.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Hong Kong
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **image**: File:港府執意推進《逃犯條例》修法民陣謹慎動員民眾抗爭2 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: John Lee (government official), John Lee
- **incumbentsince**: 1 July 2022
- **residence**: Government House, Hong Kong, Government House
- **style**: The Honourable
- **nominator**: Election Committee
- **appointer**: State Council of the People's Republic of China, Central People's Government (Decree signed by Premier of the People's Republic of China, Premier)
- **termlength**: Five years, renewable
once consecutively
- **constituting instrument**: Hong Kong Basic Law
- **formation**: 1 July 1997
- **salary**: Hong Kong dollar, HK$5 million p.a.
- **inaugural**: Tung Chee-hwa (1997)


## Infobox (chinese)

- **t**: 香港特別行政區行政長官
- **s**: 香港特别行政区行政长官
- **p**: Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū Xíngzhèng Zhǎngguān
- **y**: Hēunggóng Dahkbiht Hàngjingkēui Hàngjing Jéunggūn
- **j**: Hoeng1gong2 Dak6bit6 Hang4zing3keoi1 Hang4zing3 Zoeng2gun1
- **altname**: Commonly abbreviated as
- **p2**: Xiānggǎng Tèshǒu
- **y2**: Hēunggóng Dahksáu