Michael Suen

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Michael Suen Ming Yeung GBS JP (traditional Chinese: 孫明揚; simplified Chinese: 孙明扬; pinyin: Sūn Míngyáng, born 1944) is the Secretary for Education of Hong Kong.

Suen joined the Government in 1966 as an Administrative Officer and was promoted to his present rank of Director of Bureau in January 1991. During the early years of his career, he served in the former New Territories Administration, Resettlement Department and Environment Branch.

He was appointed Secretary for Constitutional Affairs in March 1989 and Secretary for Home Affairs in November 1991. Between March and early July in 1997, he was on temporary secondment to the Office of the Chief Executive-elect as Secretary for Policy Coordination. He resumed his post at the government as Secretary for Home Affairs on July 8, 1997 and took up the appointment as Secretary for Constitutional Affairs on August 4, 1997. Mr Suen took up the post of Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands on July 1, 2002. Upon the resignation of Donald Tsang on May 25, 2005, he assumed the post as the acting Chief Secretary for Administration, until Rafael Hui was appointed.

Preceded by Position created in 1989	Secretary for Constitutional Affairs 1989 – 1991	Succeeded by Michael Sze
Preceded by Peter Tsao	Secretary for Home Affairs 1991 – 1997	Succeeded by David Lan
Preceded by Nicholas Ng	Secretary for Constitutional Affairs 1997 - 2002	Succeeded by Stephen Lam
Preceded by Position created in 2002	Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands 2002 - 2007	Succeeded by --
Preceded by Arthur Li	Secretary for Education 2007 -	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Donald Tsang	Chief Secretary for Administration (acting) 25 May 2005 - 30 June 2005	Succeeded by Rafael Hui
Preceded by Leung Chun Ying, Convenor of the Non-official Members of the Executive Council	Hong Kong order of precedence As of 2008	Succeeded by Refael Hui