nationality term birth_date term_end alma_mater constituency term_start order spouse image name caption native_name_lang predecessor birth_place party office ancestry appointed successor religion native_name majority article_title birth_name
chinese 1996 -- 1998 24 august 1950 25 july 2003 st. kong university of glasgow stanford university stephen 's girls ' college university of hong hong kong island 17 31 august 1998 october 2012 1 october 2008 9 january 2011 member people 's party secretary for security director of immigration of the legislative council chairwoman of the new sammy death -rrb- ; 1 child ip man-ho -lrb- 1981 -- 1997 ; his regina ip at vp new year fair 2009.jpg regina ip lau suk-yee regina ip at victoria park new year fair 2009 zh-hk anson leung chan '' new party '' peter lai laurence hong kong new people 's party non-official member of the executive council nanhai , guangdong leung chun-ying ambrose lee ambrose lee christainity 葉劉淑儀 16.67 % 9.16 % regina ip
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regina ip

regina ip lau suk-yee , gbs , jp -lrb- born 24 august 1950 in hong kong -rrb- hong kong is a member of the legislative council of hong kong -lrb- legco -rrb- , as well as the co-founder and current chairperson of the new people 's party and savantas policy institute .
she was formerly a prominent government official of the hong kong special administrative region -lrb- hksar -rrb- .
she was the first woman to be appointed as secretary for security to head the disciplinary service .
ip became a controversial figure for her role advocating the passage of legislation to implement hong kong basic law article 23 , and after this legislation was withdrawn , she became the first principal official to resign from the administration of chief executive tung chee-hwa .
she took a sabbatical to study for a master 's degree .
she contested the hong kong island by-election , 2007 for the legislative council of hong kong but was defeated by anson chan in the two-horse race .
she ran again in the 2008 legco election and won , gaining a seating in the hong kong island constituency .
she was re-elected in 2012 legco elections .
