1Namedata: | John Lee |
Nationality: | |
Birth Name: | Janet Lam Lai-sim |
Birth Place: | British Hong Kong |
Occupation: | Singer |
Predecessor: | Lam Siu-por |
1Blankname: | Chief Executive |
Janet Lam | |
Term Start: | 1 July 2022 |
Office: | Spouse of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong |
Caption: | Lam in 2022 |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hk |
Children: | 2 |
Janet Lee Lam Lai-sim is the spouse of John Lee Ka-chiu, who has been serving as the 5th and current Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 1 July 2022.
Lam married her husband John Lee in 1980, whom was then aged 22.[1] [2] Gilbert Lee Man-lung and Jacky Lee Man-chun, who attended Wah Yan College, are their sons.[3] Singing in a band with the wives of three former and current chiefs of the police service, she was a singer.[4]
On 8 May 2022, her husband won the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, as the sole candidate approved by China. He took office on 1 July 2022, making Lam the first lady of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.[5] [6]
In September 2022, she was introduced as the president of The Community Chest of Hong Kong.[7] Additionally, she served as a judge for the Miss Hong Kong 2022.[8]
Lam's age was never officially confirmed. It is known that Lam had studied in True Light Girls' College, which was established in 1973.[9] Sources quoted by media said Lee, who graduated from secondary school in 1977, did not go to university after Lam, then his girlfriend, became pregnant.