Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs is the head of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, which is responsible for promoting the Basic Law, constitutional affairs, electoral development, and coordinate liaison between the Hong Kong government and the relevant mainland China authorities, as well as to promote various regional cooperation initiatives between Hong Kong and the mainland. Prior to 2007, this post was known as the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs 政制及內地事務局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Erick Tsang since 22 April 2020
Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Michael Suen Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Formation	1 July 1997 1 July 2007
Website	CMAB

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Traditional Chinese	政制及內地事務局局長
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jing jai kahp noih deih sih mouh guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Zing^3 zai^3 kap^6 noi^6 dei^6 si^6 mou^6 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Deputy Chief Secretaries, 1985–1989

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Alan James Scott 施恪	10 June 1985	22 March 1987	Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)	[1][2]
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
2		John Chan 陳祖澤	23 March 1987	28 February 1989		[2][3]

Secretaries for Constitutional Affairs, 1989–1997

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Michael Suen 孫明揚	1 March 1989	29 October 1991	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)	[3][4]
2		Michael Sze 施祖祥	30 October 1991	27 January 1994		[4][5]
					Chris Patten (1992–1997)
3		Nicholas Ng 吳榮奎	28 January 1994	30 June 1997		[5]

Secretaries for Constitutional Affairs, 1997–2007

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Nicholas Ng Wing-fui 吳榮奎	1 July 1997	3 August 1997	34 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Michael Suen Ming-yeung 孫明揚	4 August 1997	30 June 2002	4 years, 331 days
3		Stephen Lam Sui-lung 林瑞麟	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	5 years, 0 days		2
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2

Secretaries for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, 2007–present

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Stephen Lam Sui-lung 林瑞麟	1 July 2007	30 September 2011	4 years, 91 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	3
2		Raymond Tam Chi-yuen 譚志源	30 September	30 June 2017	5 years, 272 days
						Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
3		Patrick Nip Tak-kuen 聶德權	1 July 2017	22 April 2020	2 years, 296 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5
4		Erick Tsang Kwok-wai 曾國衞	22 April 2020	Incumbent	115 days

References

1. "G.N. 3478 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 132: 4813. 25 October 1985.
2. "G.N. 955 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 132: 1373, 1480. 10 March 1989.
3. "G.N. 730 of 1989". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 132: 1072, 1123. 10 March 1989.
4. "G.N. 3938 of 1991". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 133: 6260. 8 November 1991.
5. "G.N. 267 of 1994". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 136: 484, 593. 28 January 1991.

External links

• Government of HKSAR
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government