Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Political post Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Script error: No such module "infobox". The Financial Secretary is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters (“Department of Finance” per Article 60 of the Basic Law). The position is among the three most senior Principal Officials of the Government, second only to the Chief Secretary in the order of precedence (but not subordinate to the CS). Together with other secretaries, the Financial Secretary is accountable to the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive (the Governor before the 1997 handover) for his actions in supervising the formulation and implementation of financial and economic policies.
The position evolved out of the office of the Colonial Treasurer before 1940. The Financial Secretary is a member of the Executive Council, and gives advice to the Chief Executive in that capacity. He is also responsible for delivering the annual budget to the Legislative Council. To date, it is the only office among the three highest Principal Officials of the Government (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice) not to have been occupied by a woman.
The incumbent Financial Secretary is Paul Chan Mo-po.
List of secretaries
Secretaries and treasurers to the Superintendent, 1842–1844
- Edward Elmslie, 1842–1843
- Charles Edward Stewart, 1843–1844
Colonial treasurers, 1844–1937
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | File:No image.svg | Montgomery Martin | 31 May 1844 | 8 July 1845 | Sir John Francis Davis (1843–1844)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2 | File:William Thomas MERCER.jpg | William Thomas Mercer 孖沙 |
1 January 1848[1] | 31 March 1854 | ||
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| 3 | File:No image.svg | Robert Rienaecker | 1854[1] | 1856 | Sir John Bowring (1844–1859)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 4 | File:No image.svg | Frederick Forth | 15 May 1857[1] | 23 February 1871 | ||
| Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir Richard MacDonnell (1865–1872)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 5 | File:Cecil Clementi Smith.jpg | Sir Cecil Clementi Smith | 13 November 1874 | 29 April 1878 | ||
| Sir Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 6 | File:James Russell in 1871.png | Sir James Russell 羅素 |
26 February 1880 | 24 March 1883 | ||
| Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 7 | File:No image.svg | Alfred Lister 理斯特 |
26 May 1883[2] | 16 June 1890 | Sir George Bowen (1883–1885)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir William Des Voeux (1887–1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 8 | File:No image.svg | N. G. Mitchell-Innes 密徹爾-因斯 |
15 October 1891[2] | 26 February 1895 | Sir William Robinson (1891–1898)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 9 | File:No image.svg | Thomas Sercombe Smith 史密夫 |
3 May 1897 | 28 February 1898 | ||
| 10 | File:Alexander MacDonald Thomson.jpg | A. MacDonald Thomson 譚臣 |
8 February 1899 | 10 December 1918 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir Matthew Nathan (1903–1907)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir Frederick Lugard (1907–1912)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 11 | File:Charles Messer.jpg | Charles Messer 馬斯德 |
31 December 1918 | 2 April 1931 | Sir Reginald Stubbs (1919–1925)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir Cecil Clementi (1925–1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir William Peel (1930–1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 12 | File:No image.svg | Edwin Taylor 戴萊 |
2 July 1931 | 10 March 1937 | ||
| Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Financial secretaries, 1937–1941
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | File:Sir Sydney Caine, 1964 (cropped).jpg | Sir Sydney Caine 金錫儀 |
9 March 1938 | 16 November 1939 | Template:Age in years and days | Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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20 June 1940 | 25 December 1941 | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| Mark Aitchison Young (1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Financial secretaries, 1946–1997
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Governor | Ref | |
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| 3 | File:No image.svg | Sir Geoffrey Follows 霍勞士 |
1 May 1946 | 2 May 1951 | Template:Age in years and days | Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1946–1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 4 | File:Arthur Grenfell Clarke.png | Arthur Grenfell Clarke 岐樂嘉 |
20 February 1952 | 9 April 1961 | Template:Age in years and days | [3] | |
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| 5 | Sir John Cowperthwaite 郭伯偉 |
17 April 1961 | 30 June 1971 | Template:Age in years and days | [4][5] | ||
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| 6 | Sir Philip Haddon-Cave 夏鼎基 |
1 July 1971 | 31 May 1981 | Template:Age in years and days | [5][6] | ||
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| 7 | File:No image.svg | Sir John Henry Bremridge 彭勵治 |
1 June 1981 | 31 May 1986 | Template:Age in years and days | [6][7] | |
| Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 8 | File:No image.svg | Sir Piers Jacobs 翟克誠 |
1 June 1986 | 11 August 1991 | Template:Age in years and days | [7][8] | |
| Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 9 | File:No image.svg | Sir Hamish Macleod 麥高樂 |
12 August 1991 | 31 August 1995 | Template:Age in years and days | [8][9] | |
| Chris Patten (1992–1997)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 10 | File:Donald Tsang WEF.jpg | Sir Donald Tsang 曾蔭權 |
1 September 1995 | 30 June 1997 | Template:Age in years and days | [9] | |
Financial secretaries, 1997–present
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| style="background:Template:Party color" align=center |1 | File:Donald Tsang WEF.jpg | Donald Tsang Yam-kuen 曾蔭權 |
1 July 1997 | 30 April 2001 | Template:Age in years and days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" align=center |2 | File:Antony Leung - Annual Meeting of the New Champions Dalian 2009 (cropped).jpg | Antony Leung Kam-chung 梁錦松 |
1 May 2001 | 16 July 2003 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
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| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" align=center |3 | File:Iqtangtang.jpg | Henry Tang Ying-yen 唐英年 |
4 August 2003 | 30 June 2007 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
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1 July 2007 | 16 January 2017[n 1] | Template:Age in years and days | 3 | ||
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| rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color" align=center |5 | File:財政司司長陳茂波17.jpg | Paul Chan Mo-po 陳茂波 |
16 January 2017 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | |||
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Residence
The Financial Secretary's residence is on 45 Shouson Hill Road in Deep Water Bay. It is listed as a grade 2 building. Described as a two-story neo-Georgian style residence built in 1935 and originally owned by Sir Shouson Chow as his own residence. The first Financial Secretary who moved into the building was Sir Charles Geoffrey Shield Follows.
See also
References
External links
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