Commissioner of Police | |
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Security Bureau | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Central People's Government (via nomination by the Chief Executive) |
Inaugural holder | Eddie Hui |
Formation | 1 July 1997 |
Website | Hong Kong Police Force |
Commissioner of Police | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 警務處處長 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 警务处处长 | ||||||||||||
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The Commissioner of Police heads the Hong Kong Police Force and,in accordance with Section 4 of the Police Force Ordinance,reports to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and the Security Bureau. As of June 2021,the current commissioner is Raymond Siu Chak-Yee,appointed by the State Council of China. [1]
Commissioners of Police currently are mandated to retire before they reach the age of 58,but may be extended upon exceptional circumstances. [2]
Early heads were often military officers or had previous policing experience in the United Kingdom or other British colonies.[ citation needed ] Many joined the Force in senior command postings before their promotions. Li is the only Commissioner to rise from lower ranks (as Probationary Sub-Inspector) and Hui joined as a probationary Inspector.[ citation needed ]
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Length of Tenure | Notes |
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Under British rule | |||||
Chief Magistrates and Chief of Police | |||||
William Caine | 30 April 1841 | 1844 | Captain | ||
George Thomas Haly | Feb 1844 | Captain;Acting Superintendent of Police and officer with the 41st Madras Native Infantry | |||
John Bruce | Mar 1844 | Acting Superintendent of Police and officer with the 18th Royal Irish | |||
Captain Superintendent of Police | |||||
Charles May | 1844/45? | 1860/62? | Superintendent of A Division of the Metropolitan Police | ||
Edmund Haythorne | 1860 | 1862 | British Army officer | ||
William Quinn | 1862 | 1866/67? | Member of Bombay Police and first police officer to head Hong Kong Police [3] | ||
Walter Meredith Deane | 1866/67? | 1892 | Cadet Officer from Britain sent to head force [4] | ||
Alexander H. Adam Gordon | 1892 | 1893 | Major-General;Superintendent of Victoria Gaol | ||
Francis Henry May | 1893 | 1901/02? | Cadet Officer and the Assistant Colonial Secretary | ||
Joseph Francis Badeley | 1901/02? | 1913 | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant [5] | ||
Charles Messer | 1913 | 1918 | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant [6] | ||
Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe | 1918 | 1930 | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant [7] | ||
Inspector General of Police | |||||
Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe | 1930 | 1934 | |||
Thomas Henry King | 1934 | 1935/38? | Cadet Officer and Colonial civil servant [8] | ||
Commissioner of Police | |||||
Thomas Henry King | 1935/38? | 1940/41? | |||
John Pennefather-Evans | April 1940/1941? | 25 December 1941 | served in the police force of the Federated Malay States | ||
Under Japanese Rule | |||||
Captain of the Hong Kong Kempeitai | |||||
Kennosuke Noma | 25 December 1941 | 18 January 1945 | Executed as a war criminal in 1947 | ||
Under British rule | |||||
Commissioner of Police | |||||
Charles Henry Sansom | 1945 | 1946 | Colonel;British Military Administration | ||
Duncan William McIntosh | 1946 | 1954 | former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Singapore | ||
Arthur Crawford Maxwell | 1953 | 1959 | police officer in Malaya and Commissioner of Police of Sarawak in 1947-1949;Deputy Commissioner with Hong Kong Force in 1949 [9] | ||
Henry Heath | April 1 1959 | December 18 1966 | Member of Hong Kong Force [10] | ||
Edward Tyrer | December 19 1966 | July 21 1967 | Member of Hong Kong Force [11] | ||
Edward Eates | July 22 1967 | 1969 | joined force in 1963 as Assistant Commissioner following police service in Pakistan,Sierra Leone and Gambia [12] | ||
Charles Payne Sutcliffe | 1969 | January 13 1974 | previous served in Metropolitan Police,Tanganyika;joined Hong Kong Police as Assistant Commissioner in 1960 | ||
Brian Slevin | January 14 1974 | March 25 1979 | formerly Deputy Commissioner [13] | ||
Roy Henry | March 25 1979 | April 15 1985 | joined force in 1973;previous colonial police officer in Malaysia and Commissioner of Police in Fiji | ||
Raymon Anning | 15 April 1985 | 1 December 1989 | served with Metropolitan Police and other British forces;joined Hong Kong Police in 1983 | ||
Li Kwan-ha | 2 December 1989 | 2 July 1994 | joined force as Probationary Sub-Inspector in 1957 | ||
Eddie Hui | 3 July 1994 | 30 June 1997 | joined force as Probationary Inspector | ||
Under Chinese rule | |||||
Commissioner of Police | |||||
Eddie Hui | 1 July 1997 | 1 January 2001 | 3 years and 185 days | ||
Tsang Yam-pui | 2 January 2001 | 9 December 2003 | 2 years and 342 days | ||
Lee Ming-kwai | 10 December 2003 | 15 January 2007 | 3 years and 37 days | ||
Tang King-shing | 16 January 2007 | 10 January 2011 | 3 years and 360 days | ||
Andy Tsang | 11 January 2011 | 3 May 2015 | 4 years and 113 days | ||
Stephen Lo | 4 May 2015 | 18 November 2019 | 4 years and 199 days | ||
Chris Tang | 19 November 2019 | 25 June 2021 | 1 year and 219 days | ||
Raymond Siu | 25 June 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years and 162 days |
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