President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

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President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
香港特別行政區立法會主席
Andrew Leung 20230701.jpg
Incumbent
Andrew Leung
since 12 October 2016
Style The Honourable (尊貴的)
(formal)
Nominator Legislative Council
Appointer Legislative Council
Term length Four years, renewable
Precursor Governor of Hong Kong
Inaugural holder John Joseph Swaine
Formation19 February 1993;32 years ago (1993-02-19)
Salary HK$2,400,000 annually [1]

Before 1993, the Legislative Council was presided over by the Governor of Hong Kong.

Japanese occupation period (1941–1945)

From 25 December 1941 to 30 August 1945, the office was suspended due to the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong. The representative advisory bodies during the time were the Chinese Representative Council and Chinese Cooperative Council.

Restoration to British rule (1946–1997)

Until 1993, the legislative council was presided over by the governor of Hong Kong. Between 1991 and 1993, a deputy president, John Joseph Swaine, was appointed by the then-governor David Wilson to chair the meetings in his absence. The governor then only attended the first session in October every year to present his policy address and gave a farewell speech to the members of the council before he left office. The president was elected among non-official members of the legislative council from 1993 onwards after the last governor Chris Patten having given up the presidency that year.

President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese 香港特別行政區立法會主席
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Hēung góng dahk biht hàhng jing kēui lahp faat wúi jyú jihk
Jyutping Hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 koei1 lap6 faat3 wui2 zyu2 zik6
No.PortraitName
(Born–Died)
Term of officePolitical PartyConstituencyAssembly
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Sir John Joseph Swaine
施偉賢爵士

(1932–2012)

19 February
1993
30 September
1995
2 years, 223 days Independent Appointed 1991–95
Andrew Wong in 2018 (cropped).png Andrew Wong
黃宏發

(born 1943)

11 October
1995
30 June
1997
1 year, 262 days Independent New Territories Southeast 1995–97

Provisional Legislative Council (1997–1998)

No.PortraitName
(Born–Died)
Term of officePolitical PartyConstituencyAssembly
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Rita Fan.jpg Rita Fan
范徐麗泰

(born 1945)

25 January
1997
30 June
1998
1 year, 156 days Independent
(Pro-Beijing)
N/A PLC

SAR Legislative Council (1998–present)

No.PortraitName
(Born–Died)
Term of officePolitical PartyConstituencyAssembly
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1 Rita Fan.jpg Rita Fan
范徐麗泰

(born 1945)

2 July
1998
30 September
2008
14 years, 81 days Independent
(Pro-Beijing)
Election Committee 1st
2nd
Hong Kong Island 3rd
2 Tsang Yok Sing Photo.JPG Jasper Tsang
曾鈺成

(born 1947)

8 October
2008
30 September
2016
7 years, 347 days DAB
(Pro-Beijing)
Hong Kong Island 4th
5th
3 Andrew Leung.JPG Andrew Leung
梁君彥

(born 1951)

12 October
2016
Incumbent8 years, 187 days BPA
(Pro-Beijing)
Industrial (First) 6th
7th

References

  1. "Explanatory Note on Remuneration Package for Legislative Council Members" (PDF). LegCo.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Legislative Council In Brief No. 2/2012-13", Legislative Council of Hong Kong
  3. Cheng, Kris (15 December 2017). "Hong Kong legislature passes controversial house rule changes taking powers from lawmakers". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 16 December 2017.