Secretary for Security
The Secretary for Security (Chinese: 保安局局長) is the member of the Hong Kong Government in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters.
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.
Areas of responsibility include:
List of Secretaries for Security
- 1973-1974 George Peter Lloyd
- 1974 Lewis Mervyn Davis (戴宏志) - acting
- 1974 Richard Gnodde (羅以德)
- 1974-1982 Lewis Mervyn Davis (戴宏志)
- 1982-1988 David Gregory Jefferson (謝法新)
- 1988-1990 Geoffrey Barnes
- 1990-1995 Alistair Asprey (區士培)
- February 1995-mid-1998 Peter Lai
- 1998-2003 Regina Ip
- 4 August 2003-present Ambrose Lee
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