Secretary for Health

From WikiProjectMed
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Main article: Health in Hong Kong

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Health
醫務衞生局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Lo Chung-mau
since 1 July 2022
Health Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderKatherine Fok
Secretary for Health and Welfare
York Chow
Secretary for Food and Health
Lo Chung-mau
Secretary for Health
Formation1 July 1997
1 July 2007
1 July 2022
SalaryHK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
WebsiteHealth Bureau
Secretary for Health
Traditional Chinese醫務衞生局局長

The Secretary for Health (Chinese: 醫務衞生局局長) 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 (Chinese: 衞生福利及食物局局長; pinyin: Wèishēng Fúlì Jí Shíwù-jú júzhǎng) 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

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1 Li Fook-kow
李福逑		 1973 1977 Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
1 Eric Peter Ho
何鴻鑾		 12 April 1977 6 February 1983
Sir Edward Youde
(1971–1982)

Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1 Henry Ching
程慶禮		 2 May 1983 30 November 1984 Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
2 John Walter Chambers
湛保庶		 1 December 1984 30 September 1988
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
3 Chau Tak-hay
周德熙		 1 October 1988 January 1990
4 Elizabeth Wong
黃錢其濂		 January 1990 September 1994
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
5 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
1 Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching
霍羅兆貞		 1 July 1997 19 September 1999 2 years, 80 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 1
2 Yeoh Eng-kiong
楊永強		 20 September 1999 30 June 2002 2 years, 283 days

Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Yeoh Eng-kiong
楊永強		 1 July 2002 11 October 2004 2 years, 102 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 2
2 York Chow Yat-ngok
周一嶽		 12 October 2004 30 June 2007 2 years, 261 days
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 2

Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–2022

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 York Chow Yat-ngok
周一嶽		 1 July 2007 30 June 2012 5 years, 0 days Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 3
2 Ko Wing-man
高永文		 1 July 2012 30 June 2017 5 years, 0 days Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)		 4
3 Sophia Chan Siu-chee
陳肇始		 1 July 2017 30 June 2022 5 years, 0 days Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)		 5

Secretaries for Health, 2022–present

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Lo Chung-mau
盧寵茂		 1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 295 days John Lee
(2022–present)		 6

See also

References

  1. ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

Retrieved from "https://mdwiki.org/wiki/Secretary_for_Health"