Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

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Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
財經事務及庫務局局長
Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
Christopher Hui 20201223 (cropped).png
Incumbent
Christopher Hui
since 22 April 2020
Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Style The Honourable
Appointer Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder Rafael Hui
Secretary for Financial Services
Frederick Ma
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Formation1 July 1997
1 July 2002
Salary HK$4,021,200 per annum [1]
Website FSTB
   Nonpartisan    Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

Secretary for Monetary Affairs, 1976–1993

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Traditional Chinese 財經事務及庫務局局長
No.PortraitNameTerm of office Governor Ref
1 No image.svg Douglas Blye
白禮宜
19761985Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
2 No image.svg David Nendick
林定國
19851992
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
3 No image.svg Michael David Cartland
簡德倫
January 1993April 1993

Secretary for Financial Services, 1993–1997

No.PortraitNameTerm of office Governor Ref
1 No image.svg Michael David Cartland
簡德倫
April 19931995 Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
2 No image.svg Rafael Hui
許仕仁
199530 June 1997

Secretary for Financial Services, 1997–2002

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDuration Chief Executive TermRef
1 No image.svg Rafael Hui Si-yan
許仕仁
1 July 199731 May 20002 years, 335 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)
1
2 No image.svg Stephen Ip Shue-kwan
葉澍堃
13 June 200230 June 200217 days

Secretaries for Financial Services and the Treasury, 2002–present

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDuration Chief Executive TermRef
1 Frederick Ma.JPG Frederick Ma Si-hang
馬時亨
1 July 200230 June 20075 years, 0 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)
2
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)
2
2 No image.svg KC Chan
陳家強
1 July 200730 June 201710 years, 0 days 3
Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)
4
3 James Lau in 2020.jpg James Henry Lau
劉怡翔
1 July 201722 April 20202 years, 296 days Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)
5
4 Christopher Hui 20201223 (cropped).png Christopher Hui Ching-yu
許正宇
22 April 2020Incumbent3 years, 350 days
John Lee
(2022–present)
6

Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

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References

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