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Events in the year 2023 in Hong Kong .

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Executive branch
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Lee Ka-chiu 20210826.png John Lee Chief Executive 30 June 2022 – present
Te Shou Ban Zhu Ren Chen Guo Ji 5.jpg Eric Chan Chief Secretary for Administration 1 July 2022 – present
Cai Zheng Si Si Chang Chen Mao Bo 17.jpg Paul Mo-po Chan Financial Secretary 16 January 2017 – present
Paul Lam 2023.jpg Paul Ting-Kok Lam Secretary for Justice 1 July 2022 – present
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Andrew Leung 2017.jpg Andrew Leung President of the Legislative Council 12 October 2016 – present
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Andrew Cheung Kui-nung meet with press 20210111 (cropped).png Andrew Cheung Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal 11 January 2021 – present

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