Secretary for Home Affairs

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Home Affairs 民政事務局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Lau Kong-wah since 21 July 2015
Home Affairs Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	David Lan
Formation	1 July 1997
Website	HAB

Traditional Chinese

民政事務局局長

Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Màhn jing sih mouh guhk guhk jéung
Jyutping	Man⁴ zing³ si⁶ mou⁶ guk⁶ guk⁶ zoeng²

The Secretary for Home Affairs (Chinese: 民政事務局局長) is the head of the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services.

List of office holders

Registrars General, 1845–1912

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	Samuel Turner Fearon	1845	1845	Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848)
2	Andrew Lysaght Inglis	16 July 1845	1849	Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848)
2	Andrew Lysaght Inglis	16 July 1845	1849	Sir George Bonham (1848–1854)
3	William Thomas Mercer 馬撒爾	1 June 1849	1850
4	Charles May	1850	1856
4	Charles May	1850	1856	Sir John Bowring (1854–1859)
5	Daniel Richard Caldwell	15 November 1856	1862	Sir John Bowring (1854–1859)
5	Daniel Richard Caldwell	15 November 1856	1862	Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865)
6	Thomas Turner	23 May 1862	October 1864
7	Sir Cecil Clementi Smith	24 October 1864	1881
				Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (1866–1872)
				Sir Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877)
				Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882)
8	Sir James Russell 羅素	14 May 1881	1883	Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882)
8	Sir James Russell 羅素	14 May 1881	1883	Sir George Bowen (1883–1885)
9	Frederick Stewart 史超域	2 April 1883	1887	Sir George Bowen (1883–1885)
10	James Stewart Lockhart 駱克	10 October 1887	1901	Sir William Des Voeux (1887–1891)
				Sir William Robinson (1891–1898)
				Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903)
11	Arthur Winbolt Brewin 蒲魯賢	15 March 1901	1912	Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903)
				Sir Matthew Nathan (1904–1907)
				Sir Frederick Lugard (1907–1912)

Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1913–1941

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	Edwin Richard Hallifax 夏理德	25 July 1913	30 November 1933	Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918)
				Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925)
				Sir Cecil Clementi (1925–1930)
				Sir William Peel (1930–1935)
2	Alan Eustace Wood 活雅倫	30 November 1933	24 October 1934
3	Norman Lockhart Smith 史美	24 October 1934	20 October 1936
3	Norman Lockhart Smith 史美	24 October 1934	20 October 1936	Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937)
4	Roland Arthur Charles North 那魯麟	20 October 1936	25 December 1941	Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937)
				Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941)
				Mark Aitchison Young (1941)

Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1946–1969

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
5	Brian Charles Keith Hawkins 鶴健士	1945	1946	Military administration
6	Ronald Ruskin Todd 杜德	1 May 1946	11 March 1955	Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1946–1947)
6	Ronald Ruskin Todd 杜德	1 May 1946	11 March 1955	Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)
5	Brian Charles Keith Hawkins 鶴健士	11 March 1955	12 May 1957
7	John Crichton McDouall 麥道軻	12 May 1957	2 November 1966
				Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964)
				Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
8	David Ronald Holmes 何禮文	2 November 1966	28 February 1969	Sir David Trench (1964–1971)

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1969–1984

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	David Ronald Holmes 何禮文	1 March 1969	1971	Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
2	Donald Luddington 陸鼎堂	May 1971	May 1973	Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
2	Donald Luddington 陸鼎堂	May 1971	May 1973	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
3	Jack Cater 姬達	May 1973	November 1973
4	Denis Bray 黎敦義	November 1973	1977
5	Li Fook-kow 李福逑	1977	1980
6	Denis Bray 黎敦義	1980	December 1984
6	Denis Bray 黎敦義	1980	December 1984	Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)

Secretaries for District Administration, 1981–1989

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	David Akers-Jones 鍾逸傑	February 1981	February 1985	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
1	David Akers-Jones 鍾逸傑	February 1981	February 1985	Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
2	Donald Liao 廖本懷	February 1985	October 1989	Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
2	Donald Liao 廖本懷	February 1985	October 1989	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
				Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1989–1997

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	Peter Tsao 曹廣榮	October 1989	November 1991	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
2	Michael Suen 孫明揚	7 November 1991	30 June 1997	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
2	Michael Suen 孫明揚	7 November 1991	30 June 1997	Chris Patten (1992–1997)

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1997–present

Politiical party: Nonpartisan Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

№	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term
1	David Lan Hong-tsung 藍鴻震	1 July 1997	9 July 2000	7003110400000000000♠3 years, 8 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2	Lam Woon-kwong 林煥光	10 July 2000	30 June 2002	7002720000000000000♠1 year, 355 days		1
2	Lam Woon-kwong 林煥光	10 July 2000	30 June 2002	7002720000000000000♠1 year, 355 days		2
3	Patrick Ho Chi-ping 何志平	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	7003182500000000000♠4 years, 364 days		2
3	Patrick Ho Chi-ping 何志平	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	7003182500000000000♠4 years, 364 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
4	Tsang Tak-sing 曾德成	1 July 2007	21 July 2015	7003294200000000000♠8 years, 20 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	3
4	Tsang Tak-sing 曾德成	1 July 2007	21 July 2015	7003294200000000000♠8 years, 20 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
5	Lau Kong-wah 劉江華	21 July 2015	Incumbent	7002764000000000000♠2 years, 33 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
5	Lau Kong-wah 劉江華	21 July 2015	Incumbent	7002764000000000000♠2 years, 33 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5

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