The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs is the head of the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community and youth services.
List of office holders
Registrars General, 1845–1912
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| align=center| 1 || 80px || Samuel Turner Fearon || 1845 || 1845|| rowspan=2| Sir John Francis Davis<br> ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 2 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2 | Andrew Lysaght Inglis || rowspan=2 | 16 July 1845 || rowspan=2 | 1849 ||
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| rowspan=3| Sir George Bonham<br> ||
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| align=center| 3 ||80px|| William Thomas Mercer<br>馬撒爾 || 1 June 1849 || 1850 ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 4 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Charles May || rowspan=2 | 1850 || rowspan=2 | 1856 ||
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| rowspan=2| Sir John Bowring<br> ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 5 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Daniel Richard Caldwell || rowspan=2 | 15 November 1856 || rowspan=2 | 1862 ||
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| rowspan=3| Sir Hercules Robinson<br> ||
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| align=center| 6 || 80px || Thomas Turner || 23 May 1862 || October 1864 ||
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| rowspan=4 align=center| 7 || rowspan=4| 80px || rowspan=4| Sir Cecil Clementi Smith || rowspan=4| 24 October 1864 || rowspan=4| 1881 ||
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| Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell<br> ||
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| Sir Arthur Kennedy<br> ||
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| rowspan=2| Sir John Pope Hennessy<br> ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 8 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Sir James Russell<br>羅素 || rowspan=2 | 14 May 1881 || rowspan=2 | 1883 ||
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| rowspan=2| Sir George Bowen<br> ||
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| align=center| 9 || 80px || Frederick Stewart <br>史超域 || 2 April 1883 || 1887 ||
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| rowspan=3 align=center| 10 || rowspan=3 | 80px ||rowspan=3 | James Stewart Lockhart<br>駱克 || rowspan=3 |10 October 1887 || rowspan=3 | 1901 || Sir William Des Voeux<br> ||
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| Sir William Robinson<br> ||
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| rowspan=2| Sir Henry Arthur Blake<br> ||
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| rowspan=3 align=center| 11 || rowspan=3| 80px || rowspan=3| Arthur Winbolt Brewin<br>蒲魯賢 || rowspan=3| 15 March 1901 || rowspan=3| 1912 ||
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| Sir Matthew Nathan<br> ||
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| Sir Frederick Lugard<br> ||
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Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1913–1941
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| rowspan=4 align=center| 1 || rowspan=4| 80px || rowspan=4 | Edwin Richard Hallifax<br>夏理德 || rowspan=4 | 25 July 1913 || rowspan=4 | 30 November 1933 || Sir Francis Henry May<br> ||
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| Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs<br> ||
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| Sir Cecil Clementi<br> ||
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| rowspan=3| Sir William Peel<br> ||
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| align=center| 2 || 80px || Alan Eustace Wood<br>活雅倫 || 30 November 1933 || 24 October 1934 ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 3 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2| Norman Lockhart Smith<br>史美 || rowspan=2| 24 October 1934 || rowspan=2| 20 October 1936 ||
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| rowspan=2| Sir Andrew Caldecott<br> ||
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| rowspan=3 align=center| 4 || rowspan=3| 80px || rowspan=3| Roland Arthur Charles North<br>那魯麟 || rowspan=3| 20 October 1936 || rowspan=3| 25 December 1941 ||
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| Sir Geoffry Northcote<br> ||
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| Mark Aitchison Young<br> ||
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Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1946–1969
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| align=center| 5 || 80px || Brian Charles Keith Hawkins<br>鶴健士 || 1945 || 1946 || Military administration ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 6 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2| Ronald Ruskin Todd<br>杜德 || rowspan=2| 1 May 1946 || rowspan=2| 10 March 1955 || Sir Mark Aitchison Young<br> ||
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| rowspan=3| Sir Alexander Grantham<br> ||
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| align=center| 5 || 80px || Brian Charles Keith Hawkins<br>鶴健士 || 11 March 1955 || 11 May 1957 ||
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| rowspan=3 align=center| 7 || rowspan=3| 80px || rowspan=3| John Crichton McDouall<br>麥道軻 || rowspan=3| 12 May 1957 || rowspan=3| 1 November 1966 ||
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| Sir Robert Brown Black<br> ||
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| rowspan=2| Sir David Trench<br> ||
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| align=center| 8 || 80px || David Ronald Holmes<br>何禮文 || 2 November 1966 || 27 February 1969 ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 2 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Donald Luddington<br>陸鼎堂 || rowspan=2 | 18 May 1971 || rowspan=2 | 2 June 1973 || rowspan=2 |
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| rowspan=5| Sir Murray MacLehose<br>
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| align=center| 3 || 80px || Jack Cater<br>姬達 || 3 June 1973 || 14 November 1973 ||
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| align=center| 4 || 80px || Denis Bray<br>黎敦義 || 15 November 1973 || 4 May 1977 ||
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| align=center| 5 || 80px || Li Fook-kow<br>李福逑 || 8 June 1977 || 31 August 1980 ||
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 6 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Denis Bray<br>黎敦義 ||rowspan=2 | 1 September 1980 || rowspan=2 | 31 December 1984 || rowspan=2 |
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|rowspan=2 | Sir Edward Youde<br>
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| rowspan=2 align=center| 7 || rowspan=2 | 80px || Peter Tsao<br>曹廣榮 ||rowspan=2 | 1 January 1985 || rowspan=2 | 31 March 1985 || rowspan=2 |
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; Home affairs were handled by Secretaries for District Administration between 1985 and 1989.
Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1989–1997
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| align=center| 1 || 80px || Donald Liao<br>廖本懷 || 1 September 1989 || 30 November 1991 || rowspan=3| Sir David Wilson<br> ||
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| align=center| 2 || 80px || Peter Tsao<br>曹廣榮 || 1 December 1989 || 6 November 1991 ||
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| rowspan="2" |Michael Suen<br>孫明揚
| rowspan="2" |7 November 1991
| rowspan="2" |30 June 1997
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|Chris Patten<br>||
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Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1997–2022
Political party:
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| bgcolor= align=center| 1 || 80px || Michael Suen Ming-yeung<br>孫明揚 || 8 July 1997 || 3 August 1997 || || rowspan=5| Tung Chee-hwa<br> || rowspan=3 align=center|1 ||
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| bgcolor= align=center| 2 || 80px || David Lan Hong-tsung<br>藍鴻震 || 4 September 1997 || 6 July 2000 || ||
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| bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center| 3 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2| Lam Woon-kwong<br>林煥光 || rowspan=2| 10 July 2000 || rowspan=2| 30 June 2002 || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|
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| align=center rowspan=2|2
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| bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center| 4 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Patrick Ho Chi-ping<br>何志平 || rowspan=2 | 1 July 2002 || rowspan=2 | 30 June 2007 || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2|
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| rowspan=2| Donald Tsang<br> || align=center|2
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| bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center| 5 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Tsang Tak-sing<br>曾德成 || rowspan=2 | 1 July 2007 || rowspan=2 | 21 July 2015 || rowspan=2 | || align=center|3 || rowspan=2|
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| rowspan=2| Leung Chun-ying<br> || rowspan=2 align=center|4
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| style="background:" rowspan=2 align=center| || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | Lau Kong-wah<br>劉江華 || rowspan=2 | 21 July 2015 || rowspan=2 | 22 April 2020 || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2|
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| rowspan=2| Carrie Lam<br> || rowspan=2 align=center|5
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| style="background:" align=center| || 80px || Caspar Tsui Ying-wai<br>徐英偉 || 22 April 2020 || 24 February 2022 || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2|
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Secretaries for Home and Youth Affairs, since 2022
Political party:
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| bgcolor= align=center rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2 |90px || rowspan=2 | Alice Mak Mei-kuen<br>麥美娟 || rowspan=2 | 1 July 2022 || rowspan=2 |Incumbent|| rowspan=2 | || John Lee<br> || align=center|6 ||
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References
Notes
External links
- Government of HKSAR
- Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government