Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Politics and government of Hong Kong
Basic Law Government     Chief Executive        Donald Tsang     Chief Secretary for Administration        Henry Tang     Financial Secretary        John Tsang     Secretary for Justice        Wong Yan Lung     Executive Council        Leung Chun Ying     Depts and related organisations Legislative Council     Rita Fan Elections Political parties     DAB        Tam Yiu Chung     Liberal Party        James Tien     Democratic Party        Albert Ho     Civic Party        Kuan Hsin-chi        Audrey Eu     League of Social Democrats        Raymond Wong Yuk Man Judiciary     Court of Final Appeal District Council Human rights Foreign relations Universal suffrage
Other Hong Kong topics
Culture - Economy Education - Geography - History Hong Kong Portal

Financial Secretary (traditional Chinese: 財政司司長), often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Hong Kong Government. The FS assists the Chief Executive (Governor before the transfer of sovereignty) in supervising the policy bureaux as directed by the CE, mostly finance and economy-related, and plays a key role in ensuring harmonisation in policy formulation and implementation. The FS is also responsible for delivering the annual budget at the Legislative Council.

Before 1940, the position was titled Colonial Treasurer.

[edit] List of Colonial Treasurers before 1937

• James Russell (1882)
• Alfred Lister (1882-1883)
• Norman Gilbert Mitchell-Innes (1890-1895)
• A. M. Thomson (acting) (1895-1897)
• T. Sercombe Smith (1897-1898)
• A. M. Thomson (1899-1918)
• C. McI. Messer (1918-1931)
• E. Taylors (1931-1937)

[edit] List of Financial Secretaries between 1937 and 1997

• S. Caine (1937-1940)
• H. R. Butters (1940-1941)
• Charles Geoffrey Shield Follows (1946-1951)
• Arthur Grenfell Clarke (1951-1961)
• John James Cowperthwaite (1961-1971)
• Charles Philip Haddon-Cave (1971-1981)
• John Henry Bremridge (1981-1986)
• Piers Jacobs (1986-1991)
• Nathanel William Hamish Macleod (1991-1995)
• Donald Tsang (Sept 1995- June 1997)

[edit] List of Financial Secretaries after 1997

• Donald Tsang (July 1997 - May 2001)
• Antony Leung (May 2001 - July 2003)
• Henry Tang (July 2003 - June 2007)
• John Tsang (July 2007 - )

[edit] Principal officials of Hong Kong

Secretaries of departments: Chief Secretary | Financial Secretary | Secretary for Justice

Secretaries of bureaux: Civil Service | Commerce and Economic Development | Constitutional and Mainland Affairs | Development | Education | Environment | Financial Services and the Treasury | Food and Health | Home Affairs | Labour and Welfare | Security | Transport and Housing

Other principal officials: Audit | Police | ICAC | Customs and Excise | Immigration

Past secretaries of bureaux (after 1997): Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau | Commerce and Industry | Commerce, Industry and Technology | Constitutional Affairs | Economic Services | Economic Development and Labour | Education and Manpower | Environment and Food | Environment, Transport and Works | Health and Welfare | Health, Welfare and Food | Housing | Housing, Planning and Lands | Information Technology and Broadcasting | Planning, Environment and Lands | Planning and Lands | Trade and Industry | Transport | Treasury | Works