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{{Short description|Position in the Hong Kong Government}}
{{main|Health in Hong Kong}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post            = <small>[[Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Hong Kong<br>Special Administrative Region]]</small><br>Secretary for Health <br><small>{{lang|zh|醫務衞生局局長}}</small>
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|insignia        = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
|insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Hong Kong]]
|department      = [[Health Bureau (Hong Kong)|Health Bureau]]
|image           = Lo_Chung-mau_in_2019.jpg
|alt             =
|incumbent       = [[Lo Chung-mau]]
|incumbentsince  = 1 July 2022
|style           = [[The Honourable]]
|residence       =
|nominator       =
|nominatorpost   =
|appointer       = [[Central People's Government]]<br><small>nomination by [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]]</small>
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|inaugural       = [[Katherine Fok]]<br/><small>Secretary for Health and Welfare</small><br/>[[York Chow]]<br/><small>Secretary for Food and Health</small><br/>[[Lo Chung-mau]]<br/><small>Secretary for Health</small>
|formation       = 1 July 1997<br>1 July 2007<br>1 July 2022
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|abolished       =
|succession      =
|deputy          =
|salary          = [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]4,021,200 per annum<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=[[Government of Hong Kong]]|date=12 December 2016|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref>
|website         = [http://www.healthbureau.gov.hk/ Health Bureau]
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The '''Secretary for Health''' ({{zh|醫務衞生局局長}}) is a ministerial position in the [[Hong Kong Government]], who heads the [[Health Bureau (Hong Kong)|Health Bureau]]. The current office holder is [[Lo Chung-mau]].

The position was created on 1 July 2022, following the [[reshuffle]] of the [[principal officials of Hong Kong|principal officials]] and reorganisation of the [[policy bureaux]] of the [[Hong Kong Government]]. It replaced the previous [[Secretary for Food and Health]], and the portfolio with foods transferred to the [[Secretary for Environment and Ecology]].

Before that, the '''Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food''' ({{zh|t=衞生福利及食物局局長|labels=no}}) was created as a ministerial position who headed the [[Health, Welfare and Food Bureau]] (HWFB). It was replaced by [[Secretary for Food and Health]] on 1 July 2007, following the reshuffle of the [[principal officials of Hong Kong|principal officials]] and reorganisation of the [[policy bureaux]] of the [[Hong Kong Government]]. It replaced the previous [[Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food]], and the portfolio with welfare transferred to the [[Secretary for Labour and Welfare]].

The SH is a politically appointed position. In other words, its term expires when the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] leaves office. The secretary is also a member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] (ExCo).

==List of office holders==
'''Political party:''' {{legend2|{{party color|Nonpartisan}}|[[Nonpartisanism|Nonpartisan]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

===Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! width=80px| Portrait
! width=180px| Name
! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office
! width=120px| [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]]
! Ref
|-
| align=center| 1 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Li Fook-kow]]<br>李福逑 || 1973 || 1977 || rowspan=2| Sir [[Murray MacLehose]]<br>{{small|(1971–1982)}} || 
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|  1 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] ||rowspan=2| [[Eric Peter Ho]]<br>何鴻鑾 || rowspan=2| 12 April 1977 || rowspan=2| 6 February 1983 || 
|-
| Sir [[Edward Youde]]<br>{{small|(1971–1982)}} ||
|}

===Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! width=80px| Portrait
! width=180px| Name
! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office
! width=120px| [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]]
! Ref
|-
| align=center| 1 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Henry Ching]]<br>程慶禮 || 2 May 1983 || 30 November 1984 || rowspan=2| Sir [[Edward Youde]]<br>{{small|(1982–1986)}} || 
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center| 2 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[John Walter Chambers]]<br>湛保庶 || rowspan=2| 1 December 1984 || rowspan=2| 30 September 1988 || 
|-
| rowspan=3| Sir [[David Clive Wilson|David Wilson]]<br>{{small|(1987–1992)}} || 
|-
| align=center| 3 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Chau Tak-hay]]<br>周德熙 || 1 October 1988 || January 1990 || 
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center| 4 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Elizabeth Wong (author)|Elizabeth Wong]]<br>黃錢其濂 || rowspan=2| January 1990 || rowspan=2| September 1994 || 
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Chris Patten]]<br>{{small|(1992–1997)}} || 
|-
| align=center| 5 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Katherine Fok]]<br>霍羅兆貞 || September 1994 || 30 June 1997 || 
|-
|}

===Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching]]<br>霍羅兆貞|| 1 July 1997 || 19 September 1999 || {{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|1999|9|19}} || rowspan=2| [[Tung Chee-hwa]]<br>{{small|(1997–2005)}} || rowspan=2 align=center|[[First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|1]] || 
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 2 || [[File:Yeoh Eng-kiong.JPG|80px]] || [[Yeoh Eng-kiong]]<br>楊永強 || 20 September 1999 || 30 June 2002 || {{Age in years and days|1999|9|20|2002|6|30}} || 
|-
|}

===Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1 || [[File:Yeoh Eng-kiong.JPG|80px]] || [[Yeoh Eng-kiong]]<br>楊永強 || 1 July 2002 || 11 October 2004 || {{Age in years and days|2002|7|1|2004|10|11}} || rowspan=2| [[Tung Chee-hwa]]<br>{{small|(1997–2005)}} || rowspan=2 align=center|[[Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 2 || rowspan=2 | [[File:York Chow Yat-ngok.jpg|80px]] || rowspan=2 | [[York Chow Yat-ngok]]<br>周一嶽 || rowspan=2 | 12 October 2004 || rowspan=2 | 30 June 2007 || rowspan=2 | {{Age in years and days|2004|10|12|2007|6|30}} ||
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Donald Tsang]]<br>{{small|(2005–2012)}} ||  align=center|[[First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]] ||
|-
|}

===Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–2022===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1 || [[File:York Chow Yat-ngok.jpg|80px]] || [[York Chow Yat-ngok]]<br>周一嶽 || 1 July 2007 || 30 June 2012 || {{Age in years and days|2007|7|1|2012|7|1}} || [[Donald Tsang]]<br>{{small|(2005–2012)}} || align=center|[[Second term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|3]] ||
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 2 ||[[File:Ko Wing-man in 2019.jpg|80px]]|| [[Ko Wing-man]]<br>高永文 || 1 July 2012 || 30 June 2017 || {{Age in years and days|2012|7|1|2017|7|1}} || [[Leung Chun-ying]]<br>{{small|(2012–2017)}} || align=center|[[Leung Chun-ying as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|4]] ||
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 3 || [[File:Sophia Chan Siu-chee 20190126.jpg|80px]] || [[Sophia Chan Siu-chee]]<br>陳肇始 || 1 July 2017 || 30 June 2022|| {{Age in years and days|2017|7|1|2022|6|30|duration=on}} || [[Carrie Lam]]<br>{{small|(2017–2022)}} || rowspan=2 align=center|[[Carrie Lam as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|5]] ||
|}

===Secretaries for Health, 2022–present===
{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
|-
! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1 ||  [[File:Lo_Chung-mau_in_2019.jpg|80px]]
| [[Lo Chung-mau]]<br>盧寵茂 || 1 July 2022 || Incumbent || {{Age in years and days|2022|7|1}} || [[John Lee (government official)|John Lee]]<br>{{small|(2022–present)}} || align=center|[[Lee government|6]] ||
|}

==See also==
*[[Hong Kong Government]]
*[[Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.fhb.gov.hk/ Official website of the Food and Health Bureau]
*[http://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govchart/index.htm Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government]

{{HK Principal Officials}}
{{Food and Health Bureau}}

[[Category:Positions of the Hong Kong Government|Food and Health, Secretary for]]
[[Category:Medical and health organisations based in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Health ministers of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]