Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs explained

Post:	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Home Affairs Chinese: 民政及青年事務局局長
Insignia:	Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Hong Kong
Department:	Home and Youth Affairs Bureau
Incumbent:	Alice Mak
Incumbentsince:	1 July 2022
Style:	The Honourable
Appointer:	State Council of China nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural:	Michael Suen
Formation:	1 July 1997
Salary:	HK$4,021,200 per annum^[1]
Website:	HAB

T:	民政及青年事務局局長
J:	Man^4 zing^3 si^6 mou^6 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2
Y:	Màhn jing sih mouh guhk guhk jéung

The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs is the head of the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community and youth services.

List of office holders

Registrars General, 1845–1912

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1			1845	1845	Sir John Francis Davis
2			16 July 1845	1849
Sir George Bonham
	3		William Thomas Mercer 馬撒爾	1 June 1849	1850
	4			1850	1856
Sir John Bowring
	5			15 November 1856	1862
Sir Hercules Robinson
	6			23 May 1862	October 1864
	7			24 October 1864	1881
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
Sir Arthur Kennedy
Sir John Pope Hennessy
	8		Sir James Russell 羅素	14 May 1881	1883
Sir George Bowen
	9		Frederick Stewart 史超域	2 April 1883	1887
10		James Stewart Lockhart 駱克	10 October 1887	1901	Sir William Des Voeux
Sir William Robinson
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
	11		Arthur Winbolt Brewin 蒲魯賢	15 March 1901	1912
Sir Matthew Nathan
Sir Frederick Lugard

Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1913–1941

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1		Edwin Richard Hallifax 夏理德	25 July 1913	30 November 1933	Sir Francis Henry May
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
Sir Cecil Clementi
Sir William Peel
	2		Alan Eustace Wood 活雅倫	30 November 1933	24 October 1934
	3		Norman Lockhart Smith 史美	24 October 1934	20 October 1936
Sir Andrew Caldecott
	4		Roland Arthur Charles North 那魯麟	20 October 1936	25 December 1941
Sir Geoffry Northcote
Mark Aitchison Young

Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1946–1969

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5		Brian Charles Keith Hawkins 鶴健士	1945	1946	Military administration
6		Ronald Ruskin Todd 杜德	1 May 1946	10 March 1955	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
Sir Alexander Grantham
	5		Brian Charles Keith Hawkins 鶴健士	11 March 1955	11 May 1957
	7		John Crichton McDouall 麥道軻	12 May 1957	1 November 1966
Sir Robert Brown Black
Sir David Trench
	8		David Ronald Holmes 何禮文	2 November 1966	27 February 1969	^[2]

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1969–1985

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1		David Ronald Holmes 何禮文	28 February 1969	17 May 1971	Sir David Trench	^[3]
2		Donald Luddington 陸鼎堂	18 May 1971	2 June 1973		^[4]
Sir Murray MacLehose
	3		Jack Cater 姬達	3 June 1973	14 November 1973	^[5]
	4		Denis Bray 黎敦義	15 November 1973	4 May 1977	^[6]
	5		Li Fook-kow 李福逑	8 June 1977	31 August 1980	^[7] ^[8]
	6		Denis Bray 黎敦義	1 September 1980	31 December 1984	^[9]
Sir Edward Youde
	7		Peter Tsao 曹廣榮	1 January 1985	31 March 1985	^[10]

Home affairs were handled by Secretaries for District Administration between 1985 and 1989.

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1989–1997

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1		Donald Liao 廖本懷	1 September 1989	30 November 1991	Sir David Wilson	^[11]
2		Peter Tsao 曹廣榮	1 December 1989	6 November 1991		^[12]
3		Michael Suen 孫明揚	7 November 1991	30 June 1997
					Chris Patten	^[13]

Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1997–2022

Political party:

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bgcolor= align=center	1		Michael Suen Ming-yeung 孫明揚	8 July 1997	3 August 1997		Tung Chee-hwa
bgcolor= align=center	2		David Lan Hong-tsung 藍鴻震	4 September 1997	6 July 2000
bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center	3		Lam Woon-kwong 林煥光	10 July 2000	30 June 2002
align=center rowspan=2
bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center	4		Patrick Ho Chi-ping 何志平	1 July 2002	30 June 2007
Donald Tsang
	bgcolor= rowspan=2 align=center	5		Tsang Tak-sing 曾德成	1 July 2007	21 July 2015
Leung Chun-ying
			Lau Kong-wah 劉江華	21 July 2015	22 April 2020
Carrie Lam
			Caspar Tsui Ying-wai 徐英偉	22 April 2020	24 February 2022

Secretaries for Home and Youth Affairs, since 2022

Political party:

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bgcolor= align=center rowspan=2			Alice Mak Mei-kuen 麥美娟	1 July 2022	Incumbent		John Lee

External links

• Government of HKSAR
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government

Notes and References

1. Web site: Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government. Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. 27 January 2022.
2. G.N. 2768 of 1966 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 4 November 1969. 108. 488.
3. G.N. 424 of 1969 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 7 March 1969. 111. 488.
4. G.N. 1054 of 1973 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 21 May 1973 . 113 . 1509.
5. G.N. 1438 of 1973 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 4 June 1973 . 115 . 2207.
6. G.N. 2945 of 1973 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 16 November 1973 . 115 . 4385.
7. G.N. 1404 of 1977 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 24 June 1977 . 119 . 1831.
8. G.N. 2855 of 1980 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 12 September 1977 . 122 . 3124, 3126.
9. G.N. 3 of 1985 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 4 January 1985 . 127 . 7, 66.
10. G.N. 1052 of 1985 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 4 April 1985 . 127 . 1493, 1546.
11. G.N. 2962 of 1989 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 1 September 1989 . 131 . 4144.
12. G.N. 4176 of 1989 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 1 December 1989 . 131 . 5752.
13. G.N. 3938 of 1991 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 8 November 1991 . 133. 6260.