Secretary for Housing
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The Secretary for Housing (Chinese: 房屋局局長) in Hong Kong is responsible for housing related issues. The position was first created in 1973 and re-created in 2022 after renamed to Secretary for Transport and Housing in 2007.
Appointer
- Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
InauguralholderIan Macdonald Lightbody
Formation1973
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Housing 房屋局局長 | |
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| Housing Bureau | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Inaugural holder | Ian Macdonald Lightbody |
| Formation | 1973 |
| Website | HB |
TraditionalChinese房屋局局長
SimplifiedChinese房屋局局长
Hanyu PinyinFángwū Jú Júzhǎng
Hanyu PinyinFángwū Jú Júzhǎng
| Secretary for Housing | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 房屋局局長 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 房屋局局长 | ||||||||||||
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List of office holders
Political party: Nonpartisan
Secretaries for Housing, 1973–1988
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 |  | Ian MacDonald Lightbody 黎保德 | 1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) | |
| 2 | | Alan James Scott 施恪 | 1 June 1977 | 14 May 1980 | [1] | |
| 3 |  | Donald Liao 廖本懷 | 15 May 1980 | 20 February 1985 | ||
| Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) | ||||||
| 4 | | David Robert Ford 霍德 | 21 February 1985 | August 1985 | [2] | |
| 5 | | John Rawling Todd 杜迪 | April 1986 | 31 March 1988 | ||
| Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) | ||||||
- Housing issues were handled by Secretary for District Administration between 1988 and 1994.
Secretaries for Housing, 1994–1997
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | | Dominic Wong 黃星華 | 15 December 1994 | 30 June 1997 | Chris Patten (1992–1997) | |
Secretaries for Housing, 1997–2002
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 | | Dominic Wong Shing-wah 黃星華 | 1 July 1997 | 12 April 2002 | 1 year, 285 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |
Secretaries for Housing, Planning and Lands, 2002–2007
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 |  | Michael Suen Ming-yeung 孫明揚 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | 5 years, 0 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 2 | |
| Donald Tsang (2005–2012) | 2 | |||||||
- Housing issues were handled by the Secretary for Transport and Housing between 2007 and 2022.
Secretaries for Housing, 2022–
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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Winnie Ho Wing-yin 何永賢 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 77 days | John Lee (2022–present) | 6 | |