The Secretary for the Civil Service is the head of the Civil Service Bureau in Hong Kong. Unlike other secretaries for bureaux, the Secretary for the Civil Service is filled by an administrative officer from the civil service, who may choose to return to the civil service when his term expires. Before Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in 2002, it was a civil service position.

List of office holders

Colonial period, 1973–1997

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| align=center| 1 || 80px || Alan James Scott<br>施恪 || June 1973 || August 1977 || rowspan=3| Sir Murray MacLehose<br> ||

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| align=center| 2 || 80px || R. G. B. Bridge<br>布立之 || August 1977 || March 1978 ||

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| rowspan=2 align=center| 3 || rowspan=2 | 80px || rowspan=2 | John Martin Rowlands<br>羅能士 || rowspan=2 | March 1978 || rowspan=2 | August 1985 ||

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| rowspan=2| Sir Edward Youde<br> ||

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| align=center| 4 || 80px || David Robert Ford<br>霍德 || 7 October 1985 || December 1986 ||

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| align=center| 5 || 80px || Harnam Singh Grewal<br>高禮和 || 9 February 1987 || April 1990 || rowspan=2| Sir David Wilson<br> ||

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| rowspan=2 align=center| 6 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2| Edward Barrie Wiggham<br>屈珩 || rowspan=2| April 1990 || rowspan=2| April 1993 ||

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| rowspan=4| Chris Patten<br> ||

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| align=center| 7 || 80px || Anson Chan<br>陳方安生 || 19 April 1993 || October 1993 ||

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| align=center| 8 || 80px || Michael Sze<br>施祖祥 || 1 February 1994 || 11 February 1996 ||

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After handover, 1997–present

Political party:

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| bgcolor= align=center| 1 || 80px || Lam Woon-kwong<br>林煥光 || 1 July 1997 || 9 July 2000 || || rowspan=3| Tung Chee-hwa<br> || rowspan=2 align=center|1 ||

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| bgcolor= align=center rowspan=3 | 2 ||rowspan=3 | 80px || rowspan=3 | Joseph Wong Wing-ping<br>王永平 || rowspan=3 | 1 August 2000 || rowspan=3 | 24 January 2006 || rowspan=3 | ||

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| align=center | 2 ||

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| rowspan=3| Donald Tsang<br> || rowspan=2 align=center|2 ||

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| bgcolor= align=center rowspan=2| 3 || rowspan=2| 80px || rowspan=2| Denise Yue Chung-yee<br>俞宗怡 || rowspan=2| 25 January 2006 || rowspan=2| 30 June 2012 || rowspan=2| ||

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| align=center|3 ||

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| bgcolor= align=center| 4 || 80px || Paul Tang Kwok-wai<br>鄧國威 || 1 July 2012 || 21 July 2015 || || rowspan=2| Leung Chun-ying<br> || rowspan=2 align=center|4 ||

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| bgcolor= align=center| 5 || 80px || Clement Cheung Wan-ching<br>張雲正 || 21 July 2015 || 30 June 2017 || ||

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| bgcolor= align=center| 6 || 80px || Joshua Law Chi-kong<br>羅智光 || 1 July 2017 || 22 April 2020 || || rowspan=2|Carrie Lam<br> || rowspan=2 align=center|5 ||

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| bgcolor= align=center| 7 || 80px || Patrick Nip Tak-kuen<br>聶德權 || 22 April 2020 || 30 June 2022 || ||

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| Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan<br>楊何蓓茵 || 1 July 2022|| Incumbent || ||John Lee<br> ||align=center| 6 ||

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References

  • Principal Officials of the Hong Kong SAR government
  • Chapter IV: Political Structure - Basic Law
  • Who's Who