Secretary for Security

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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Security
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Chris Tang since 25 June 2021
Security Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government (via nomination by the Chief Executive)
Inaugural holder	Peter Lai
Formation	1 July 2007
Website	Security Bureau

The Secretary for Security is the member of the Government of Hong Kong in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters.

The post was created in 1973 and since the Principal Officials Accountability System was adopted in 2002, the Secretary for Security has been a member of the Executive Council. Before 1973, the office was known as the Secretary for Defence.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Police Force
• Correctional Services
• Immigration Department
• Customs and Excise Department
• Fire Services Department
• Government Flying Service
• Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre

List of office holders[]

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Defence Secretary, 1941[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		John Alexander Fraser 傅瑞憲	April 1941	25 December 1941	Mark Aitchison Young (1941)

Defence Secretaries, 1957–1969[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		陶雅禮	1957	19 October 1960	Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)	[1]
					Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964)
2		景韓	20 October 1960	22 November 1960		[1][2]
3		Donald Luddington 陸鼎堂	23 November 1960	17 December 1961		[2][3]
4		左敦	18 December 1961	27 November 1966		[3][4]
					Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
5		衛理欽	28 November 1966	8 February 1967		[4][5]
6		Jack Cater 姬達	9 February 1967	21 May 1967		[5][6]
7		衛理欽	22 May 1967	31 March 1968		[6][7]
8		陶雅禮	1 April 1968	9 August 1968		[7][8]
9		Ian Macdonald Lightbody 黎保德	10 August 1968	19 February 1969		[8][9]
10		陶雅禮	20 February 1969	1971		[9]

Secretaries for Security, 1973–1997[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		羅以德	June 1973	March 1974	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
2		戴宏志	March 1974	October 1982
					Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
3		David Jeaffreson 謝法新	November 1982	February 1988
					Sir David Wilson (1986–1992)
4		Geoffrey Barnes 班乃信	February 1988	February 1990
5		Alistair Asprey 區士培	February 1990	February 1995
					Chris Patten (1992–1997)
6		Peter Lai 黎慶寧	February 1995	30 June 1997

Secretaries for Security, 1997–present[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Peter Lai Hing-ling 黎慶寧	1 July 1997	30 August 1998	1 year, 60 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2002)	1
2		Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee 葉劉淑儀	31 August 1998	3 August 2003	4 years, 337 days
							2
3		Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong 李少光	4 August 2003	30 June 2012	8 years, 331 days
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
							3
4		Lai Tung-kwok 黎棟國	1 July 2012	30 June 2017	5 years, 0 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
5		John Lee Ka-chiu 李家超	1 July 2017	24 June 2021	3 years, 359 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5
6		Chris Tang Ping-keung 鄧炳強	25 June 2021	Incumbent	213 days

References[]