{{Short description|Hong Kong government official}} {{For|the former Secretary for Labour and Welfare|Law Chi-kwong}} {{family name hatnote|Law|Joshua Law|Law Chi-kong|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Joshua Law Chi-kong | native_name = {{nobold|羅智光}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | honorific_suffix = GBS, JP | image = File:公務員事務局局長羅智光7.jpg | caption = | office1 = Permanent Secretary for Security | 1blankname1 = | 1namedata1 = | predecessor1 = Chang King-yiu | successor1 = Marion Lai Chan Chi-kuen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|22}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | birth_name = | party = | spouse = | alma_mater = St Peter's College, Oxford | signature = Signature_of_Joshua_Law.png | office = Secretary for the Civil Service | office2 = Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs | term_start = 1 July 2017 | term_end = 22 April 2020 | term_end1 = 30 June 2017 | term_start1 = 25 July 2012 | term_end2 = 24 July 2012 | term_start2 = 16 July 2007 | predecessor = Clement Cheung | successor = Patrick Nip | 1blankname = Chief Executive | education = Diocesan Boys' School | 1namedata = Carrie Lam | successor2 = Chang King-yiu | predecessor2 = Cherry Tse Ling Kit-ching (Permanent Secretary for Constitutional Affairs) }}
'''Joshua Law Chi-kong''' ({{lang-zh|羅智光}}; born 1957) is a Hong Kong government official. He was the Secretary for the Civil Service from July 2017 to April 2020.
He graduated from St Peter's College, Oxford University where he read PPE. He joined the Administrative Service in September 1980. He served in many bureaux and departments, such as Urban Services Department, Office of the Unofficial Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, the City and New Territories Administration. He also worked at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York, the Lands and Works Branch, the Works Branch, the Constitutional Affairs Branch, the Civil Service Branch, the Education and Manpower Branch and the Chief Executive's Office.<ref name="gov"/>
He was appointed Director-General of Trade, later renamed Director-General of Trade and Industry, from August 1999 to September 2002, followed by the positions of the permanent representative to the World Trade Organization from September 2002 to August 2004,<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2002 |title=Senior Appointments Announced |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200208/27/0827170.htm |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref> and Permanent Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Transport) from August 2004 to July 2007. He rose to his present rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2005. Law was also Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs since July 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointments of Permanent Secretaries (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200706/25/P200706250201.htm |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref> From July 2012, he was appointed Permanent Secretary for Security.<ref name="gov">{{cite news |date=29 June 2012 |title=Senior appointments (with photos) |url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/29/P201206290479.htm}}</ref>
In July 2017, he was appointed to Secretary for the Civil Service by Chief Executive Carrie Lam and served until a cabinet reshuffle in April 2020.<ref name="announces">{{cite news|title=Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos)|work=Hong Kong Government|date=20 April 2020|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202004/22/P2020042200459.htm?fontSize=1}}</ref><ref name="newfaces">{{cite news|title=New faces Carrie Lam has enlisted to help Hong Kong tackle coronavirus impact|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3081048/new-faces-carrie-lam-has-enlisted-help-hong-kong-tackle|date=20 April 2020|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Joshua}} Category:Living people Category:1957 births Category:Government officials of Hong Kong Category:Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Category:Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Category:Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Category:People from Huiyang Category:Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford Category:People educated at Diocesan Boys' School