Secretary for Health
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The Secretary for Health (Template:Zh) is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the 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 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 (Template:Zh) 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 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 leaves office. The secretary is also a member of the Executive Council (ExCo).
List of office holders
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Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | File:No image.svg | Li Fook-kow 李福逑 |
1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1 | File:No image.svg | Eric Peter Ho 何鴻鑾 |
12 April 1977 | 6 February 1983 | ||
| Sir Edward Youde (1971–1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | File:No image.svg | Henry Ching 程慶禮 |
2 May 1983 | 30 November 1984 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2 | File:No image.svg | John Walter Chambers 湛保庶 |
1 December 1984 | 30 September 1988 | ||
| Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 3 | File:No image.svg | Chau Tak-hay 周德熙 |
1 October 1988 | January 1990 | ||
| 4 | File:No image.svg | Elizabeth Wong 黃錢其濂 |
January 1990 | September 1994 | ||
| Chris Patten (1992–1997)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 5 | File:No image.svg | Katherine Fok 霍羅兆貞 |
September 1994 | 30 June 1997 | ||
Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 1 | File:No image.svg | Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching 霍羅兆貞 |
1 July 1997 | 19 September 1999 | Template:Age in years and days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 2 | File:Yeoh Eng-kiong.JPG | Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強 |
20 September 1999 | 30 June 2002 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 1 | File:Yeoh Eng-kiong.JPG | Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強 |
1 July 2002 | 11 October 2004 | 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 bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 2 | File:York Chow Yat-ngok.jpg | York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽 |
12 October 2004 | 30 June 2007 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| Donald Tsang (2005–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–2022
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 1 | File:York Chow Yat-ngok.jpg | York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽 |
1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | Template:Age in years and days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 2 | File:Ko Wing-man in 2019.jpg | Ko Wing-man 高永文 |
1 July 2012 | 30 June 2017 | Template:Age in years and days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 3 | File:Sophia Chan Siu-chee 20190126.jpg | Sophia Chan Siu-chee 陳肇始 |
1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | Template:Age in years and days | Carrie Lam (2017–2022)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Secretaries for Health, 2022–present
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 1 | File:Lo Chung-mau in 2019.jpg | Lo Chung-mau 盧寵茂 |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | John Lee (2022–present)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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See also
References
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External links
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