List of vice-chancellors of the University of Hong Kong explained

This is a list of vice-chancellors of the University of Hong Kong.

No.	Portrait	President	Took office	Left office	Note
1		Sir Charles Eliot	1912	1918
2		G. P. Jordan	1918	1921	Acting
3		Sir William Brunyate	1921	1924
4		Sir William Hornell	1924	1937
5		Duncan Sloss	1937	1949
6		Sir Lindsay Ride	1949	1964
7		W. C. G. Knowles	1964	1965
8		A. J. S. McFadzean	1965	1965
9		Kenneth Robinson	1965	1972
10		Rayson Huang	1972	1986	Resigned and retired
11		Wang Gungwu	1986	1995
12		Patrick Cheng	1996	6 September 2000	Resigned after interfering opinion polling
13		Ian Rees Davies	10 November 2000	2002	Acting from July 2000
14		Tsui Lap-chee	1 September 2002	31 March 2014	^[1]
15		Peter Mathieson	1 April 2014	31 January 2018	^[2]
–		Paul Tam	1 February 2018	16 July 2018	Acting^[3]
16		Xiang Zhang	17 July 2018	Incumbent	^[4]

References

• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210726172004/https://www4.hku.hk/pubunit/calendar/2020-2021/1583-succession-lists. 2021-07-26. Succession Lists. University of Hong Kong.

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Invitation for tea gathering with Professor Tsui Lap-Chee (Invitation). 2022-09-02 . HKU. en.
2. Web site: The 15th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Professor Peter Mathieson assumes office (photos). 2022-09-02 . HKU. en.
3. Web site: HKU Provost Professor Paul Tam to be Acting President & Vice-Chancellor. 2022-09-02 . www.hku.hk . zh-TW.
4. Web site: The 16th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Professor Xiang Zhang assumes office. 2022-09-02 . HKU . en.