The secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs is the head of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for promoting the Basic Law, constitutional affairs, electoral development, and coordinate liaison between the Hong Kong government and the relevant mainland China authorities, as well as to promote various regional cooperation initiatives between Hong Kong and the mainland. Prior to 2007, this post was known as the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs.

The post was known as Deputy Chief Secretary between 1985 and 1989.

List of office holders

Political party:

Secretaries for Constitutional Affairs (憲制事務司), 1989–1997

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| align=center| 1 || 80px || Michael Suen<br>孫明揚 || 1 March 1989 || 29 October 1991 || rowspan=2| Sir David Wilson ||

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Secretaries for Constitutional Affairs (政制事務局局長), 1997–2007

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| bgcolor= align=center| 1 ||80px|| Nicholas Ng Wing-fui<br>吳榮奎 || 1 July 1997 || 3 August 1997 || || rowspan="2" | Tung Chee-hwa<br>||

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| bgcolor= align=center| 2 || 80px || Michael Suen Ming-yeung<br>孫明揚 || 4 August 1997 || 30 June 2002 || ||

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| bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center| 3 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2 | Stephen Lam Sui-lung<br>林瑞麟 || rowspan=2 | 1 July 2002 || rowspan=2 | 30 June 2007 || rowspan=2 |

|Tung Chee-hwa<br>||

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| Donald Tsang<br>||

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Secretaries for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs (政制及內地事務局局長), 2007–present

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| bgcolor= align=center| 1 || 80px || Stephen Lam Sui-lung<br>林瑞麟 || 1 July 2007 || 30 September 2011 || || rowspan=2| Donald Tsang<br>||

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| bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center| 2 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Raymond Tam Chi-yuen<br>譚志源 || rowspan=2 | 30 September 2011 || rowspan="2" | 30 June 2017 || rowspan=2 | ||

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| Leung Chun-ying<br>||

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| bgcolor= align=center| 3 || 80px || Patrick Nip Tak-kuen<br>聶德權 || 1 July 2017 || 22 April 2020 || || rowspan=2| Carrie Lam<br>||

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| bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center| 4 ||rowspan=2| 80px ||rowspan=2| Erick Tsang Kwok-wai<br>曾國衞 ||rowspan=2| 22 April 2020 ||rowspan=2| 27 January 2026 || rowspan="3" | ||

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| John Lee<br>||

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References

  • Government of HKSAR
  • Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government