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{{Short description|Principal official of Hong Kong}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Chief Secretary for Administration
| native_name = <small>{{lang|zh-hant-HK|政務司司長}}</small>
| insignia = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Hong Kong]]
| image = Eric Chan Kwok-ki 2023 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Eric Chan]]
| incumbentsince = 1 July 2022
| style = {{ubl|Chief Secretary ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|司長}})<br />(informal)|[[The Honourable]] ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|尊貴的}})<br />(formal)}}
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Government Secretariat (Hong Kong)|Government Secretariat]]|[[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]]}}
| reports_to = [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]
| residence = Victoria House, 15 Barker Road, [[Victoria Peak]]
| constituting_instrument = [[Hong Kong Basic Law]]
| nominator = [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]]
| appointer = [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]]
| department = [[Government Secretariat (Hong Kong)|Government Secretariat of Hong Kong]]<br>[[Government of Hong Kong]]
| termlength = No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1997|7|1}}
| inaugural = [[Anson Chan]]
| website = {{URL|https://cso.gov.hk}}
| salary = [[HK$]]4,500,000 annually<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201612/12/P2016121200324.htm|title=Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government|website=Hong Kong Government}}</ref>
}}
{{Politics of Hong Kong}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| t = {{linktext|政務|司|司|長}}
| s = {{linktext|政务|司|司|长}}
| y = Jingmouhsī Sījéung
| ci = {{IPA|yue|tsēːŋ.mòu.síː síː.tsœ̌ːŋ|}}
| j = Zing3mou6si1 Si1zoeng2
| p = Zhèngwùsī Sīzhǎng
| showflag = y
}}
The '''chief secretary for administration''' is the second-highest government official in Hong Kong, right after the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]. When the chief executive is on leave, the chief secretary for administration will act on their behalf.

The chief secretary for administration heads the [[Government Secretariat]], which oversees the administration of the Region to which all other [[minister (government)|ministers]] belong. The chief secretary for administration reports to the chief executive and to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]. Under Article 53 of the [[Hong Kong Basic Law|Basic Law]], the position is known as "'''Administrative Secretary'''".

The chief secretary formulates and implements government [[policy]], gives advice to the Chief Executive as a member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]], and is responsible for managing the Government's relationship with the Legislative Council and drawing up the Government's legislative programme. The office (“Department of Administration” per Article 60 of the Basic Law) also exercises certain statutory functions, such as the handling of appeals from designated public bodies.<ref>[http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/role/role.htm Chief Secretary's Office, Hong Kong Government]</ref>

Prior to the [[transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong]] in 1997, the office was known simply as "[[Chief Secretary (British Empire)|Chief Secretary]]" ({{zh|c=布政司|cy=Boujingsī}}), and before 27 August 1976, "'''Colonial Secretary'''"({{zh|c=輔政司|cy=Fuhjingsī}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Service Bureau - Search Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments |url=https://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/glossary/glossary_search_en.php?search_name1=Colonial+Secretary&and_or=and&search_name2=&catall=1&cat_code%5B%5D=A&F&cat_code%5B%5D=Civil_Service&cat_code%5B%5D=C&IT&cat_code%5B%5D=CEA&cat_code%5B%5D=Culture&cat_code%5B%5D=Education&cat_code%5B%5D=E&M&cat_code%5B%5D=Environment&cat_code%5B%5D=Finance&cat_code%5B%5D=Fire&cat_code%5B%5D=Housing&cat_code%5B%5D=Immigration&cat_code%5B%5D=Labour&cat_code%5B%5D=Medical&cat_code%5B%5D=Meteorology&cat_code%5B%5D=Postal_Services&cat_code%5B%5D=P_Health&cat_code%5B%5D=P_Order&cat_code%5B%5D=S_Welfare&cat_code%5B%5D=T_Planning&cat_code%5B%5D=Trade_Industry&cat_code%5B%5D=Transport&cat_code%5B%5D=Water&display_order=t |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.csb.gov.hk |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gaz1976">{{cite journal |title=Colonial Secretary (Change of Title) Notice 1976 L.N. 226 of 1976 |journal=Regulation of Hong Kong 1976 |date=25 August 1976 |page=B1109}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Roberts|first= Denys |author-link=Denys Roberts|date=18 April 2006 |title= Another Disaster: Hong Kong Sketches|publisher= The Radcliffe Press|isbn= 9781845111120}}</ref> Until the introduction of the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] in 2002, the Chief Secretary was a [[Hong Kong Civil Service|civil service]] position, and in this capacity, the head of the public service. In 2005, [[Henry Tang]] became the first person who has not been a civil servant to be appointed to the office of the chief secretary.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

From the 1870s to 1902 the colonial secretary was the ''de facto'' [[Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong|lieutenant governor of Hong Kong]] which was once held by the commander of [[British Forces Hong Kong|British Forces in Hong Kong]] before 1870s when the post was not lapsed from power. After 1902 the title disappeared from use as the second highest post was transferred to the colonial secretary and later, chief secretary.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==List of chief secretaries of Hong Kong==
===Colonial secretaries, 1843–1941===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| No.
! width=80px| Portrait
! width=180px| Name
! width=240px colspan=2| Term of office
! width=150px| [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]]
! Ref
|-
| 1
| [[File:George Alexander Malcolm.jpg|80px]]
| [[George Alexander Malcolm]]<br>麻恭
| 26 June 1843
| 29 August 1843
| rowspan=2|Sir [[Henry Pottinger]]<br>{{small|(1843–1844)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2
| rowspan=2| [[File:Frederick Wright-Bruce.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Frederick Wright-Bruce]]<br>卜魯斯
| rowspan=2| 9 February 1844
| rowspan=2| 1846
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=20315 |date=9 February 1844 |page=442 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|Sir [[John Francis Davis]]<br>{{small|(1843–1848)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 3
| rowspan=2| [[File:Captain William Caine.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[William Caine (colonial administrator)|William Caine]]<br>威廉·堅
| rowspan=2| 3 September 1846
| rowspan=2| 12 April 1854
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=20709 |date=26 February 1847 |page=834 }}</ref>
|-
| Sir [[George Bonham]]<br>{{small|(1848–1854)}}
| 
|-
| rowspan=3| 4
| rowspan=3| [[File:William Thomas MERCER.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=3| [[William Thomas Mercer]]<br>孖沙
| rowspan=3| 13 April 1854
| rowspan=3| 14 May 1867
| Sir [[John Bowring]]<br>{{small|(1854–1859)}}
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=21635 |date=1 December 1854 |page=3909 }}</ref>
|-
| Sir [[Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead|Hercules Robinson]]<br>{{small|(1859–1865)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Richard MacDonnell]]<br>{{small|(1866–1872)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 5
| rowspan=3| [[File:John Gardiner Austin.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=3| [[John Gardiner Austin]]<br>柯士甸
| rowspan=3| 7 May 1868
| rowspan=3| 4 April 1878
| <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23353 |date=18 February 1868 |page=772 }}</ref>
|-
| Sir [[Arthur Kennedy (governor)|Arthur Kennedy]]<br>{{small|(1872–1877)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| Sir [[John Pope Hennessy]]<br>{{small|(1877–1882)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 6
| rowspan=2| [[File:blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[William Henry Marsh]]<br>馬師
| rowspan=2| 3 January 1879
| rowspan=2| 10 June 1887
|
|-
| Sir [[George Bowen]]<br>{{small|(1883–1887)}}
|
|-
| 7
| [[File:史釗域.jpg|80px]]
| [[Frederick Stewart (colonial administrator)|Frederick Stewart]]<br>史釗域
| 5 October 1887
| 6 October 1889
| rowspan=2| Sir [[William Des Voeux]]<br>{{small|(1887–1891)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 8
| rowspan=2| [[File:blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Francis Fleming (colonial administrator)|Francis Fleming]]<br>菲林明
| rowspan=2| 17 January 1890
| rowspan=2| 26 February 1892
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Sir [[William Robinson (governor)|William Robinson]]<br>{{small|(1891–1898)}}
|
|-
| 9
| [[File:George Thomas Michael O'Brien.jpg|80px]]
| [[George Thomas Michael O'Brien|G. T. M. O'Brien]]<br>柯布連
| 11 March 1892
| 30 April 1894
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 10
| rowspan=2| [[File:Tcitp d782 j h stewart lockhart commissioner at weihaiwei.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| Sir [[James Stewart Lockhart|Stewart Lockhart]]<br>駱克
| rowspan=2| 26 March 1895
| rowspan=2| 23 April 1902
|
|-
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Henry Arthur Blake]]<br>{{small|(1898–1903)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 11
| rowspan=3| 
| rowspan=3| Sir [[Francis Henry May]]<br>梅含理
| rowspan=3| 14 May 1902
| rowspan=3| 30 April 1911
| <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27423|page=2334|date=8 April 1902}}</ref><ref name="Annual Report">{{cite news |last= Clementi|first= Cecil |author-link=Cecil Clementi|date= 1912|title=General Observations |url= http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1911/127.pdf|newspaper= Hong Kong Annual Report (1911)|page=24|access-date=5 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| Sir [[Matthew Nathan]]<br>{{small|(1904–1907)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Sir [[Frederick Lugard]]<br>{{small|(1907–1912)}}
|
|-
| 12
| [[File:blanksvg.svg|alt=|80px]]
| [[Warren Delabere Barnes]]<br>班士
| 7 June 1911
| 28 October 1911
| <ref>{{cite news |date= 30 October 1911|title= Death of Mr. W.D.Barnes|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19111030-1.2.66.aspx|newspaper= [[The Straits Times]]|page=7|location= Singapore|access-date=3 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3| 13
| rowspan=3| 
| rowspan=3| Sir [[Claud Severn]]<br>施勳
| rowspan=3| 22 February 1912
| rowspan=3| 14 November 1925
|
|-
| Sir [[Francis Henry May]]<br>{{small|(1912–1918)}}
|
|-
| Sir [[Reginald Stubbs]]<br>{{small|(1919–1925)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 14
| rowspan=3| [[File:Sir Thomas Southorn.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=3| Sir [[Thomas Southorn]]<br>修頓
| rowspan=3| 1 May 1926
| rowspan=3| 23 March 1936
| Sir [[Cecil Clementi]]<br>{{small|(1925–1930)}}
|
|-
| Sir [[William Peel (colonial administrator)|William Peel]]<br>{{small|(1930–1935)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Andrew Caldecott]]<br>{{small|(1935–1937)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 15
| rowspan=3| [[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=3| [[Norman Lockhart Smith]]<br>史美
| rowspan=3| 26 November 1936
| rowspan=3| 8 December 1941
|
|-
| Sir [[Geoffry Northcote]]<br>{{small|(1937–1941)}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Mark Aitchison Young]]<br>{{small|(1941)}}
|
|-
| 16
| [[File:Frank Gimson.jpg|80px]]
| Sir [[Franklin Gimson]]<br>詹遜
| 8 December 1941
| 25 December 1941
|
|-
|}

===Colonial secretaries, 1946–1976===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| No.
! width=80px| Portrait
! width=180px| Name
! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office
! width=80px | Duration
! width=160px| [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]]
! Ref
|-
| rowspan=2| 17
| rowspan=2| [[File:MacDougall 4.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[David Mercer MacDougall]]<br>麥道高
| rowspan=2| 1 May 1946
| rowspan=2| 11 May 1949
| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1946|6|1|1949|5|11}}
| Sir [[Mark Aitchison Young]]<br>{{small|(1946–1947)}}
| rowspan=2|
|-
| rowspan=4| Sir [[Alexander Grantham]]<br>{{small|(1947–1957)}}
|-
| 18
| [[File:John Fearns Nicoll2.jpg|80px]]
| [[John Fearns Nicoll]]<br>列誥
| 25 May 1949
| 23 January 1952
| {{Age in years and days|1949|5|25|1952|1|23}}
|
|-
| 19
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| Sir [[Robert Brown Black]]<br>柏立基
| 20 February 1952
| 30 March 1955
| {{Age in years and days|1952|2|20|1955|3|30}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 20
| rowspan=2| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Edgeworth Beresford David]]<br>戴維德
| rowspan=2| 4 May 1955
| rowspan=2| 24 January 1958
| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1955|5|4|1958|1|24}}
| rowspan=2| <ref name="gaz195801">{{cite journal |title=No. 134 of 1958 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary|date=24 January 1958|volume=100|page=223}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3| Sir [[Robert Brown Black]]<br>{{small|(1958–1964)}}
|-
| 21
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| [[Claude Bramall Burgess]]<br>白嘉時
| 24 January 1958
| 10 March 1963
| {{Age in years and days|1958|1|24|1963|3|11}}
|<ref name="gaz195801"/><ref name="gaz195905">{{cite journal |title=No. 716 of 1959 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette|date=29 May 1959|volume=101|page=1360}}</ref><ref name="gaz196303">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 469 of 1963 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary|date=13 March 1963|volume=105|page=629}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 22
| rowspan=2| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Edmund Brinsley Teesdale]]<br>戴斯德
| rowspan=2| 11 March 1963
| rowspan=2| 28 March 1965
| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1963|3|11|1965|3|29}}
| rowspan=2|<ref name="gaz196303"/><ref name="gaz196503">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 733 of 1965 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=26 March 1965|volume=107|page=1012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3| Sir [[David Trench]]<br>{{small|(1964–1971)}}
|-
| 23
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| Sir [[Michael David Irving Gass|Michael Gass]]<br>祈濟時
| 4 September 1965
| 22 January 1969
| {{Age in years and days|1965|9|4|1969|1|23}}
| <ref name="gaz196509">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 2159 of 1965 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary|date=4 September 1965|volume=107}}</ref><ref name="gaz196901">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 146 of 1969 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=24 January 1969|volume=111|page=168}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 24
| rowspan=2| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Hugh Norman-Walker]]<br>羅樂民
| rowspan=2| 29 March 1969
| rowspan=2| 29 September 1973
| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1969|3|29|1973|9|30}}
| rowspan=2|<ref name="gaz196903">{{cite journal |title=G.N. (E.) 10 of 1969 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary |date=29 March 1969|volume=111|page=9}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| Sir [[Murray MacLehose]]<br>{{small|(1971–1982)}}
|-
| 25
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| Sir [[Denys Roberts]]<br>羅弼時
| 30 September 1973
| 26 August 1976
| {{Age in years and days|1973|9|30|1976|8|26|duration=on}}
| <ref name="gaz1973">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 2559 of 1973 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=3 October 1973 |volume=115 |page=3839}}</ref><ref name="gaz1976"/>
|-
|}

===Chief secretaries, 1976–1997===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| No.
! width=80px| Portrait
! width=180px| Name
! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office
! width=80px | Duration
! width=160px| [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]]
! Ref
|-
| 1
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| Sir [[Denys Roberts]]<br>羅弼時
| 27 August 1976
| 2 October 1978
| {{Age in years and days|1976|8|27|1978|10|2|duration=on}}
| rowspan="3" |Sir [[Murray MacLehose]]<br>{{small|(1971–1982)}}
| <ref name="gaz1976"/><ref name="gaz1978">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 2536 of 1978 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=6 October 1978 |volume=120 |page=2887}}</ref>
|-
|2
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| Sir [[Jack Cater]]<br>姬達
| 3 October 1978
| 19 November 1981
| {{Age in years and days|1978|10|3|1981|11|19|duration=on}}
| <ref name="gaz1978"/><ref name="gaz1981">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 3410 of 1981 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |volume=123|page=4156}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]] 
| rowspan="2" | Sir [[Philip Haddon-Cave]]<br>夏鼎基
| rowspan="2" | 20 November 1981
| rowspan="2" | 9 June 1985
| rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1981|11|20|1985|6|9|duration=on}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref name="gaz1981"/><ref name="gaz1985">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 1875 of 1985 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=14 June 1985 |volume=127 |page=2626}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|Sir [[Edward Youde]]<br>{{small|(1982–1986)}}
|-
| 4
| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
| Sir [[David Akers-Jones]]<br>鍾逸傑
| 10 June 1985
| 11 February 1987
| {{Age in years and days|1985|6|10|1987|2|11|duration=on}}
| <ref name="gaz1985"/><ref name="gaz1987">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 440 of 1987 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=13 February 1987 |volume=129 |page=667}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| 5
|rowspan=2| [[File:Blanksvg.svg|80px]]
|rowspan=2| Sir [[David Robert Ford]]<br>霍德
|rowspan=2| 12 February 1987
|rowspan=2| 28 November 1993
|rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|1987|2|12|1993|11|28|duration=on}}
|Sir [[David Clive Wilson|David Wilson]]<br>{{small|(1987–1992)}}
|rowspan=2|<ref name="gaz1987"/><ref name="gaz1993">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 440 of 1993 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=3 December 1993 |volume=134 |page=6073}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Chris Patten]]<br>{{small|(1992–1997)}}
|-
| 6
| [[File:Anson Chan 20051219.jpg|80px]]
| [[Anson Chan]]<br>陳方安生
| 29 November 1993
| 30 June 1997
| {{Age in years and days|1993|11|29|1997|6|30|duration=on}}
| <ref name="gaz1993"/>
|-
|}

===Chief secretaries for administration, 1997–present===
'''Political party:''' {{legend2|{{party color|Nonpartisan}}|[[Non-partisan democracy|Nonpartisan]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| No.
! width=80px| Portrait
! width=180px| Name
! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office
! width=80px | Duration
! width=120px|[[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]]
! Term
! Ref
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''1'''  
| [[File:Anson Chan 20051219.jpg|80px]]
| [[Anson Chan Fang On-sang|Anson Chan]]<br>陳方安生
| 1 July 1997
| 30 April 2001
| {{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|2001|4|30|duration=on}}
| rowspan=3|[[Tung Chee-hwa]]<br>{{small|(1997–2005)}}
| rowspan=2 align=center|[[First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|1]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''2'''  
| rowspan=2|[[File:Donald Tsang WEF.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Donald Tsang Yam-kuen]]<br>曾蔭權
| rowspan=2|1 May 2001
| rowspan=2|31 May 2005{{efn|Resigned on 25 May 2005, with effect from 1 June 2005, [[Michael Suen]] served as acting Chief Secretary between 25 May and 30 June 2005.}}
| rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|2001|5|1|2005|5|31|duration=on}}
|
|-
| align=center| [[Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]]
|
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center |'''3'''  
| [[File:Rafael Hui Si-yan.JPG|80px]]
| [[Rafael Hui Si-yan]]<br>許仕仁
| 30 June 2005
| 30 June 2007
| {{Age in years and days|2005|7|1|2007|6|30|duration=on}}
| rowspan=3|[[Donald Tsang]]<br>{{small|(2005–2012)}}
| align=center|[[First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]]
|
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''4'''  
| [[File:Iqtangtang.jpg|80px]]
| [[Henry Tang Ying-yen]]<br>唐英年
| 1 July 2007
| 30 September 2011{{efn|Resigned on 28 September 2011, with effect from 30 September 2011, [[Michael Suen]] served as acting Chief Secretary between 28 and 30 September 2011.}}
| {{Age in years and days|2007|7|1|2011|9|29|duration=on}}
| rowspan=2 align=center| [[Second term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|3]]
|
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''5'''  
| [[File:Stephen Lam Sui-lung 2010.jpg|80px]]
| [[Stephen Lam Sui-lung]]<br>林瑞麟
| 30 September 2011
| 30 June 2012
| {{Age in years and days|2011|9|30|2012|6|30|duration=on}}
|
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''6'''  
| [[File:Carrie Lam 2017 1.jpg|80px]]
| [[Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor]]<br>林鄭月娥
| 1 July 2012
| 16 January 2017{{efn|Resigned on 12 January 2017, with effect from 16 January 2017, [[Matthew Cheung]] served as acting Chief Secretary from 13 to 16 January 2017.}}
| {{Age in years and days|2012|7|1|2017|1|16|duration=on}}
| rowspan=2| [[Leung Chun-ying]]<br>{{small|(2012–2017)}}
| rowspan=2 align=center| [[First term of CY Leung as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|4]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/28/P201206280236.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CE receives CS' resignation |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/12/P2017011200559.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''7'''  
| rowspan=2| [[File:Matthew Cheung 2020 (cropped).png|80px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Matthew Cheung Kin-chung]]<br>張建宗
| rowspan=2| 16 January 2017
| rowspan=2| 25 June 2021
| rowspan=2| {{Age in years and days|2017|1|16|2021|6|25|duration=on}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/21/P2017062100346.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Carrie Lam]]<br>{{small|(2017–2022)}}
| rowspan=2 align=center| [[Carrie Lam as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|5]]
|
|-
| rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''8'''  
| rowspan=1| [[File:港府執意推進《逃犯條例》修法民陣謹慎動員民眾抗爭2 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=1| [[John Lee (government official)|John Lee Ka-chiu]]<br>李家超
| rowspan=1| 25 June 2021
| rowspan=1| 7 April 2022{{efn|Resigned on 6 April 2022, with effect from 7 April 2022; Position vacant until 1 July 2022.}}
| rowspan=1| {{Age in years and days|2021|6|25|2022|4|7|duration=on}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202106/25/P2021062500412.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" align=center|'''9'''  
| rowspan=1| [[File:Eric Chan Kwok-ki 2023 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=1| [[Eric Chan|Eric Chan Kwok-ki]]<br>陳國基
| rowspan=1| 1 July 2022
| rowspan=1| Incumbent
| rowspan=1| {{Age in years and days|2022|7|1|duration=on|sep=and}}
| rowspan=1| [[John Lee (government official)|John Lee]]<br>{{small|(2022–present)}}
| rowspan=1 align=center| [[Lee government|6]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202206/19/P2022061900202.htm?fontSize=1 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref>
|}

{{Notelist}}

==Residence==
[[File:Victoria House 01.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Victoria House, 15 Barker Road, Hong Kong.]]
The Chief Secretary resides at an official residence at 15 Barker Road, The Peak, Hong Kong, which is also known as '''Victoria House and Victoria Flats'''.

==See also==
{{portal|Hong Kong}}
*[[Hong Kong Government]]
*[[Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong]]
*[[Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong)]]
*[[Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)]]
*[[Secretary for Education and Manpower]]
*[[Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong]] - second in command from 1843 to 1870s

==References==
;General
*{{cite book
|last=Choa
|first=Gerald H.
|title=The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai: A Prominent Figure in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong
|edition= 2nd
|year=2000
|publisher=Chinese University Press
|location=Hong Kong
|isbn=978-962-201-873-0
|oclc=44267286
|page=274
|chapter=Appendix II: Colonial Secretaries of Hong Kong, 1843–1912
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzWs6_BUBPoC&pg=PA274}}
;Specific
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/home/home.htm Official website]
*[http://www.info.gov.hk/govcht_e.htm Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government]

{{HK Principal Officials}}
{{Chief Secretary for Administration}}

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