Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Hong Kong/Hsiang Kang
Limited suffrage, 1985, universal 1991-(97))British
Crown Colony 1898-1997 until it was reunited with China as a Special
Administrative Region, with a degree of autonomy
Also
see Hong Kong Parliament
1975-76
Deputy Secretary for Government Anson Chan-fan On Sang
1976-79 Deputy Secretary of Social Service
1980 Director of Social Services
1980-82 Deputy Secretary of Social Service
1982-84 Director of Social Services
1987-93 Secretary of Economy
1987-2001 Member of the Executive Council
1988 Director of Social Services
1993 Secretary of The Civil Service
1993-2001 Chief Secretary (November-1/5 )
As Chief Secretary she was leader of the administration is principally
responsible to the Chief Executive for the formulation of government policies
and their implementation. As the head of the Public Service, the Chief
Secretary for Administration is one of the Chief Executive's principal
advisers, along with the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Justice.
The Chief Secretary for Administration exercises direction primarily as head
of the Government Secretariat, the central organization comprising the
secretaries of the policy bureaux and resource bureaux and their staff. She deputized
for the Chief Executive during his absence, and is the Senior
Official Member of the Executive Council. (b. 1940-)
1976-82
Non-official Member of
the Executive Council Joyce Symmons
Educator, appointed Member of the Legislative Council in 1972 and lived
(1919-2004)
1982
Commissioner for Culture Elizabeth Chi-lieh Wong-Chien
1983-84 Deputy Secretary of Home Affairs
1984 Deputy Secretary of Assessment Office for Taxation
1984-86 Deputy Secretary of Lands and Works
1985-89 Deputy Secretary of Academy for Performing Arts
1986 Deputy Secretary of Culture and Municipal Services
1987-90 Director of Social Welfare
1990-94 Secretary of Health and Welfare
(b. 1937-)
1983-95
Non-official Member of the
Executive Council
Dame Lydia Dunn
1988-95 Senior Member
Created B
1984-94
Non-official Member of the
Executive Council
Maria Tam Wai-chu
Elected to the Chinese People's Congress in 1997. (b. 1945-)
1984/1989-92
Non-official Member of the
Executive Council Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai
President of the Provisorial Legislative Council
1996-98
and
President of the Legislative Council
1986-89 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Henrietta Ib Mang-hing
1989-2002
Non-official
Senior
Member
and Convenor of the Non-official Members
of the
Executive Council
Dame Rosanna Tam Wong Yick-ming
Chair of different committees in the Execo. Since 1997, she has used the
name Dr. Rosanna Wong.
1991-94
and 2003
Non-official Member
of the Executive Council
Selina Chow Liangt Shuk-Yee
1991-94
Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service
Law Fan Chiu-fun (Fanny
Law)
1994 Deputy Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands
1994-95 Senior Assistant Director of Housing
1995-97 Deputy Director of Housing
1997-98 Director of the Office of the Chief Executive
1998-2000 Director of Education
2006-07 Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
2012- Non-Official Member of the Executive Council
In 2002 she was appointed Permanent Secretary of the same department.
1992-97
Non-official Member of the
Executive Council
Felice Lien Mak
1994-97 Secretary of Health and Welfare Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching
1994-97
Commissioner for Transport Lily Yam Kuang Pui-ying
1997-99 Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
1999-2000 Head of the Task Force on Re-Organization of Municipal Services
2000-02 Secretary of Environment and Food
Worked in the UN since 2003, from 2007 Assistant Secretary General and
Director of the WHO.
1994-95
Deputy Secretary of Transport Carrie Yau
1995 Deputy Information Co-ordinator
1995-97 Deputy Secretary of Security
1997-2000 Director of Administration
2000-02
Secretary of Information Technology and Broadcasting
Appointed Permanent Secretary of Health, Welfare and Food
1995-98
Secretary of Trade and Industry Denise Yue Chung-ye
1998-2002 Secretary for the Treasury
2006-12 Secretary of Civil Service
Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Industry 2002-06.
1996-99
Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service Sandra Lee Suk-yee
2000-02
Secretary of Economic Services
Counsellor in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs Office in Washington
1985-95, Deputy Director of Home Affairs 1995-96, Representative of the Special Autonomous Region of Hong Kong in London
1999-2000.
1997-2005 Secretary of Justice Elise Jeung Oi Sie
1997-2002
Non-official Member of the
Executive Council
Nellie Fong Won Wong Kut-man
1997-2002
Deputy Secretary of the Civil Service Anissa Wong Sean-yee
2000 Acting Secretary of the
Civil Service
Was appointed Acting Permanent Secretary of the Civil Service in 2002.
1997-98
Director of Immigration Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
1998-2003 Secretary of Security
2012- Non-official Member of the Executive
Council
Member of the LegCo since 2008, she founded
and became chairperson of the New People's Party from 2011, the same year she
expressed interest for running in the elections for Chief Executive of Hong
Kong in 2012 but dropped out.
2002-07 Commissioner for Narcotics Clarie Lo Ku Ka-lee
2002-07 Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Dr Sarah Liao Sau-tung
2004- Non-official Member of the Executive
Council Laura Chau
Laura Cha Shih Mei-lun is Vice-Chairperson of the China Securities Regulatory
Commission 2001-04 as first
person outside the Mainland to join the Chinese Government at the
vice-ministerial rank. From 2004 also Vice-Chairperson
of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory
Commission.
2007-12 Secretary of Development Carrie Lam
2012-17 Chief Secretary for Administration
2017- Chief Executive-elect
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs 2006-07.
As Chief Secretary she was also Deputy Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
2007-12 Secretary of Transport and Housing Eva Cheng
Permanent Secretary for Economic Development 2006-07.
2009- Non-Official Member of the Executive Council Anna
Wu Hung-yuk
Chairperson of the
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
2012- Non-Official Member of the
Executive Council Starry Lee Wai-king
Member of the Legislative Council
Last update 26.03.17