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Secretary for Security

For the government post in Macau, see Secretary for Security (Macau).

The Secretary for Security is the member of the Government of Hong Kong in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters.

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Security
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Chris Tang
since 25 June 2021
Security Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
(via nomination by the Chief Executive)
Inaugural holderPeter Lai
Formation1 July 2007
SalaryHK$4,021,200[1][2]
WebsiteSecurity Bureau
Secretary for Security
Traditional Chinese保安局局長
Simplified Chinese保安局局长
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǎo'ānjújúzhǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBóu ōn guhk guhk jéung
JyutpingBou2 on1 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The post was created in 1973 and since the Principal Officials Accountability System was adopted in 2002, the Secretary for Security has been a member of the Executive Council. Before 1973, the office was known as the Secretary for Defence.

Areas of responsibility include:

List of office holders

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Political party:   Nonpartisan

Defence Secretary, 1941

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1   John Alexander Fraser
傅瑞憲		 April 1941 25 December 1941 Mark Aitchison Young
(1941)

Defence Secretaries, 1957–1969

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1   Alastair Todd
陶雅禮		 1957 19 October 1960 Sir Alexander Grantham
(1947–1957)		 [3]
Sir Robert Brown Black
(1958–1964)
2   Kenneth Strathmore Kinghorn
景韓		 20 October 1960 22 November 1960 [3][4]
3   Donald Luddington
陸鼎堂		 23 November 1960 17 December 1961 [4][5]
4   David Harold Jordan
左敦		 18 December 1961 27 November 1966 [5][6]
Sir David Trench
(1964–1971)
5   Peter Barry Williams
衛理欽		 28 November 1966 8 February 1967 [6][7]
6   Jack Cater
姬達		 9 February 1967 21 May 1967 [7][8]
7   Peter Barry Williams
衛理欽		 22 May 1967 31 March 1968 [8][9]
8   Alastair Todd
陶雅禮		 1 April 1968 9 August 1968 [9][10]
9   Ian Macdonald Lightbody
黎保德		 10 August 1968 19 February 1969 [10][11]
10   Alastair Todd
陶雅禮		 20 February 1969 1971 [11]

Secretaries for Security, 1973–1997

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1   George Peter Lloyd
羅以德		 June 1973 March 1974 Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
2   Lewis Mervyn Davis
戴宏志		 March 1974 October 1982
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
3   David Jeaffreson
謝法新		 November 1982 February 1988
Sir David Wilson
(1986–1992)
4   Geoffrey Barnes
班乃信		 February 1988 February 1990
5   Alistair Asprey
區士培		 February 1990 February 1995
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
6   Peter Lai
黎慶寧		 February 1995 30 June 1997

Secretaries for Security, 1997–present

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1   Peter Lai Hing-ling
黎慶寧		 1 July 1997 30 August 1998 1 year, 60 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2002)		 1
2   Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
葉劉淑儀		 31 August 1998 3 August 2003 4 years, 337 days
2
3   Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong
李少光		 4 August 2003 30 June 2012 8 years, 331 days
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 2
3
4   Lai Tung-kwok
黎棟國		 1 July 2012 30 June 2017 5 years, 0 days Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)		 4
5   John Lee Ka-chiu
李家超		 1 July 2017 24 June 2021 3 years, 359 days Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)		 5
6   Chris Tang Ping-keung
鄧炳強		 25 June 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 144 days
John Lee
(2022–present)		 6

References

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  1. ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Report on the Remuneration Package for Politically-Appointed Officials serving in the Fifth-Term HKSAR Government" (PDF). Government of Hong Kong. November 2016. p. Annex D. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "No. 1573 of 1960". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 102: 1935. 21 October 1960.
  4. ^ a b "No. 1774 of 1960". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 102: 2176. 25 November 1960.
  5. ^ a b "No. 2232 of 1961". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 103: 3315. 22 December 1961.
  6. ^ a b "G.N. 2992 of 1966". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 108: 2956. 2 December 1966.
  7. ^ a b "G.N. 274 of 1967". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 109: 276. 8 February 1967.
  8. ^ a b "G.N. 1096 of 1967". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 109: 1191. 26 May 1967.
  9. ^ a b "G.N. 661 of 1968". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 110: 667. 4 April 1967.
  10. ^ a b "G.N. 1617 of 1968". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 110: 1628. 9 August 1968.
  11. ^ a b "G.N. 424 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 488. 7 March 1969.
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