John Lee (government official)

John Lee
The Honourable; John Lee; SBS, PMSM, PDSM, JP
	李家超
Secretary for Security
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2017
Chief Executive	Carrie Lam
Preceded by	Lai Tung-kwok
Personal details
Born	Lee Ka-chiu; December 7, 1957; British Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong) (since 1997); British (before 2012);
Residence	Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Alma mater	Wah Yan College, Kowloon; Charles Sturt University (MPA)
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John Lee Ka-chiu, SBS, PMSM, PDSM, JP (Chinese: 李家超; born 7 December 1957) is a Hong Kong government official and former police officer. He is the current Secretary for Security. Lee served as Under Secretary for Security and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Management) before he has become a principal official.

Career

Lee holds a Master Degree in Public Policy and Administration from Charles Sturt University, Australia.[1]

Lee joined as a probationary inspector in 1977 and worked his way up to Chief Superintendent in 1997, Assistant Commissioner in 2003, Senior Assistant Commissioner in 2007 and Deputy Commissioner in 2010. He had served in a wide range of operational duties including CID, Complaints Against Police, Service Quality, Personnel, Training, Information Systems, Finance, Policies Formulation, Planning and Development. Lee had been the Commander of Kowloon West Region, Assistant Commissioner (Crime) and Director of Crime and Security, and Deputy Commissioner (Management).[2]

He was appointed to Under Secretary for Security in 2012.[1] In 2017, he was appointed Secretary for Security in July 2017 of the administration of Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

On 3 July 2020, the Chinese official media, Xinhua news agent, stated that the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was formally established. There were 10 members of the committee. As the Secretary for Security of Hong Kong, Lee was a member of the committee. [3]

U.S. sanction

In August 2020, Lee and ten other officials were sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury under Executive Order 13936 by President Trump for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy.[4][5][6]

References

"Press Release". The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"Three Under Secretaries and two Political Assistants appointed".
Liu, Mingyang (8 August 2020). "The Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is formally established with Carrie Lam as chairman". Xinhua Net. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
"US sanctions Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, police chief and 9 other top officials for 'undermining autonomy'". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
Macias, Amanda (7 August 2020). "U.S. sanctions Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam for carrying out Chinese 'policies of suppression'". CNBC. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
"Treasury Sanctions Individuals for Undermining Hong Kong's Autonomy". United States Department of the Treasury. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Lai Tung-kwok	Under Secretary for Security Bureau 2012–2017	Succeeded by Sonny Au
Preceded by Lai Tung-kwok	Secretary for Security 2017–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Joshua Law Member of the Executive Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Executive Council	Succeeded by Frank Chan Member of the Executive Council

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[press_release_2012-1] "Press Release". The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[2] "Three Under Secretaries and two Political Assistants appointed".

[3] Liu, Mingyang (8 August 2020). "The Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is formally established with Carrie Lam as chairman". Xinhua Net. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[4] "US sanctions Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, police chief and 9 other top officials for 'undermining autonomy'". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[5] Macias, Amanda (7 August 2020). "U.S. sanctions Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam for carrying out Chinese 'policies of suppression'". CNBC. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[6] "Treasury Sanctions Individuals for Undermining Hong Kong's Autonomy". United States Department of the Treasury. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.