Secretary for Health
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Health | |
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since 1 July 2022 | |
Health Bureau | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive |
Inaugural holder | Katherine Fok Secretary for Health and Welfare York Chow Secretary for Food and Health Lo Chung-mau Secretary for Health |
Formation | 1 July 1997 1 July 2007 1 July 2022 |
Salary | HK$4,021,200 per annum[1] |
Website | Health Bureau |
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The Secretary for Health (Chinese:
The position was created on 1 July 2022, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Food and Health, and the portfolio with foods transferred to the Secretary for Environment and Ecology.
Before that, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food (Chinese:
The SH is a politically appointed position. In other words, its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office. The secretary is also a member of the Executive Council (ExCo).
List of office holders
[edit]Political party: Nonpartisan
Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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1 | Li Fook-kow |
1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |
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1 | Eric Peter Ho |
12 April 1977 | 6 February 1983 | |||
Sir Edward Youde (1971–1982) |
Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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1 | Henry Ching |
2 May 1983 | 30 November 1984 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) |
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2 | John Walter Chambers |
1 December 1984 | 30 September 1988 | |||
Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
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3 | Chau Tak-hay |
1 October 1988 | January 1990 | |||
4 | Elizabeth Wong |
January 1990 | September 1994 | |||
Chris Patten (1992–1997) |
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5 | Katherine Fok 霍羅 |
September 1994 | 30 June 1997 |
Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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1 | Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching 霍羅 |
1 July 1997 | 19 September 1999 | 2 years, 80 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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2 | Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永 |
20 September 1999 | 30 June 2002 | 2 years, 283 days |
Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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1 | Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永 |
1 July 2002 | 11 October 2004 | 2 years, 102 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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2 | York Chow Yat-ngok |
12 October 2004 | 30 June 2007 | 2 years, 261 days | ||||
Donald Tsang (2005–2012) |
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Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–2022
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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1 | York Chow Yat-ngok |
1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) |
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2 | Ko Wing-man |
1 July 2012 | 30 June 2017 | 5 years, 0 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) |
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3 | Sophia Chan Siu-chee |
1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | 5 years, 0 days | Carrie Lam (2017–2022) |
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Secretaries for Health, 2022–present
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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1 | Lo Chung-mau |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 62 days | John Lee (2022–present) |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.