Secretary for Education

{{Short description|Official in the Hong Kong Government}} {{For|similarly named positions|Education Secretary (disambiguation){{!}}Education Secretary}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox Political post |post = [[Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]] Secretary for Education {{lang|zh|教育局局長}} |body = |nativename = |insignia = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg |insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Hong Kong]] |department =[[Education Bureau]] |image = Choi Yuk-lin in 2016 (cropped).jpg |alt = |incumbent = [[Christine Choi]] |incumbentsince = 1 July 2022 |style = [[The Honourable]] |residence = |nominator = |nominatorpost = |appointer = [[Central People's Government]] nomination by [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] |appointerpost = |termlength = |inaugural = [[Joseph Wong]] Secretary for Education and Manpower [[Michael Suen]] Secretary for Education |formation = 1 July 1997 1 July 2007 |last = |abolished = |succession = |deputy = |salary = [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]4,021,200 per annum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201612/12/P2016121200324.htm|title=Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government|website=[[Government of Hong Kong]]|date=12 December 2016|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref> |website = [http://www.edb.gov.hk/ EDB] }} {{Infobox Chinese |order= |showflag= |t=教育局局長 |j=Gaau3 juk6 guk6 guk6 zoeng2 |y=Gaau yuhk guhk guhk jéung }}

The '''Secretary for Education''' is a principal official in the [[Hong Kong Government]], who heads the [[Education Bureau]] (EDB). The current office holder is [[Christine Choi]].

==History== The position of Secretary for Education and Manpower was set up in 1983 when the old Education Department was restructured into the [[Education and Manpower Bureau|Education and Manpower Branch]] and [[Education Department (Hong Kong)|Education Department]], and the old position of Director of Education was split into SEM and [[Director of Education (Hong Kong)|Director of Education]] accordingly, with the latter reporting to the former.

Since the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] (POAS) was introduced in 2002, the SEM, as all other secretary positions, is an ''ex officio'' member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] (ExCo). The position is a political appointment, and its term expires when the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] leaves office.

Before the introduction of the POAS in July 2002, the SEM, as well as all other secretary-level positions, was a civil service position. The office holder was not a member of the ExCo. Before 1991, the office holders may be appointed by the Governor as ''ex officio'' member of the Legislative Council.

At the same time when the POAS was introduced in 2002, the responsibility of labour issues was transferred to the [[Secretary for Economic Development and Labour]], formerly [[Secretary for Economic Services]].

According to the proposal tabled by Donald Tsang's administration after he was re-elected as the Chief Executive, the manpower portfolio was transferred to the new [[Secretary for Labour and Welfare]] on 1 July 2007. The position of SEM was renamed Secretary for Education.

==List of office holders== '''Political party:''' {{legend2|{{party color|Nonpartisan}}|[[Non-partisan democracy|Nonpartisan]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

===Inspectors of Schools, 1862–1909=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width="10" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width="80" | Portrait ! width="180" | Name ! width="180" colspan="2" | Term of office ! width="150" |[[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] ! Ref |- | rowspan=4 align=center| 1 || rowspan=4| [[File:史釗域.jpg|80px]] || rowspan=4| [[Frederick Stewart (colonial administrator)|Frederick Stewart]] 史釗域 || rowspan=4| 3 March 1862 || rowspan=4| 6 March 1878 || Sir [[Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead|Hercules Robinson]] || |- | Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Richard MacDonnell]] {{small|(1866–1872)}} || |- | Sir [[Arthur Kennedy (governor)|Arthur Kennedy]] {{small|(1872–1877)}} || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[John Pope Hennessy|John Hennessy]] {{small|(1877–1882)}} || |- | rowspan=4 align=center| 2 || rowspan=4| [[File:Ernest John Eitel.jpg|80px]] || rowspan=4| [[Ernest John Eitel]] 歐德理 || rowspan=4| 7 March 1878 || rowspan=4| 1897 || |- | Sir [[George Bowen]] {{small|(1883–1885)}} || |- | Sir [[William Des Voeux]] {{small|(1887–1891)}} || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[William Robinson (governor)|William Robinson]] {{small|(1891–1898)}} || |- | align=center rowspan=2| 3 || rowspan=2| [[File:Arthur Winbolt Brewin.jpg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Arthur Winbolt Brewin]] 蒲魯賢 || rowspan=2| 15 August 1897 || rowspan=2| 1901 || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Henry Arthur Blake|Henry Blake]] {{small|(1898–1903)}} || |- | align=center rowspan=3| 4 || rowspan=3| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=3| [[Edward Alexander Irving]] 伊榮 || rowspan=3| 24 April 1901 || rowspan=3| 7 April 1909 || |- | Sir [[Matthew Nathan]] {{small|(1903–1907)}} || |- | Sir [[Frederick Lugard]] {{small|(1907–1912)}} || |- |}

===Directors of Education, 1909–1941=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width="10" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width="80" | Portrait ! width="180" | Name ! width="180" colspan="2" | Term of office ! width="150" |[[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] ! Ref |- | align=center rowspan=3| 1 || rowspan=3| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=3| [[Edward Alexander Irving]] 伊榮 || rowspan=3| 8 April 1909 || rowspan=3| 7 February 1924 || Sir [[Frederick Lugard]] {{small|(1907–1912)}} || |- | Sir [[Francis Henry May]] {{small|(1912–1918)}} || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Reginald Edward Stubbs]] {{small|(1919–1925)}} || |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 2 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Geoffrey Norman Orme]] 庵氏 || rowspan=2| 1924 || rowspan=2| 1926 || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Cecil Clementi]] {{small|(1925–1930)}} || |- | rowspan=2 align=center | 3 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Alan Eustace Wood]] 活雅倫 || rowspan=2| 1926 || rowspan=2| 1933 || |- | rowspan=3| Sir [[William Peel (colonial administrator)|William Peel]] {{small|(1930–1935)}} || |- | align=center | 4 || [[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg|80px]] || [[Norman Lockhart Smith]] 史美 || 1933 || 1934 || |- | rowspan=3 align=center | 5 || rowspan=3| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=3| [[Geoffrey Robley Sayer]] 佘義 || rowspan=3| 1934 || rowspan=3| 1938 || |- | Sir [[Andrew Caldecott]] {{small|(1935–1937)}} || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Geoffry Northcote]] {{small|(1937–1941)}} || |- | align=center rowspan=2| 6 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Clifford George Sollis]] 梳利士 || rowspan=2| 1938 || rowspan=2| 1941 || |- | [[Mark Aitchison Young]] {{small|(1941)}} || |- |}

===Directors of Education, 1946–1983=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width="10" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width="80" | Portrait ! width="180" | Name ! width="180" colspan="2" | Term of office ! width="150" |[[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] ! Ref |- | align=center rowspan=2| 7 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Thomas Richmond Rowell]] 柳惠露|| rowspan=2| 1946 || rowspan=2| 1950 || Sir [[Mark Aitchison Young]] {{small|(1946–1947)}} || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Alexander Grantham]] {{small|(1947–1957)}} || |- | align=center rowspan=2| 8 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[Douglas James Smyth Crozier]] 高詩雅 || rowspan=2| 1950 || rowspan=2| 28 April 1961 || |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Robert Brown Black]] {{small|(1958–1964)}} || |- | align=center | 9 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Peter Donohue (civil servant)|Peter Donohue]] 唐露曉 || 29 April 1961 || 20 February 1964 || <ref name="gaz196@">{{cite journal |title=No. 722 of 1961 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date= 5 May 1961|volume=103|page=1089}}</ref> |- | align=center | 10 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[William David Gregg]] 簡乃傑 || 21 February 1964 || 5 June 1969 || rowspan=2| Sir [[David Trench]] {{small|(1964–1971)}} || <ref name="gaz1964">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 384 of 1967 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=21 February 1964|volume=106|page=486}}</ref><ref name="gaz1969"/> |- | align=center rowspan=2| 11 || rowspan=2| [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[John Canning (civil servant)|John Canning]] 簡寧 || rowspan=2| 6 June 1969 || rowspan=2| 1974 || <ref name="gaz1969">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 1064 of 1969 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=6 June 1969|volume=111|page=1162}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2| Sir [[Murray MacLehose]] {{small|(1971–1982)}} || |- | align=center| 12 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Kenneth Wallis Joseph Topley]] 陶建 || 1974 || 1983 || |- |}

===Secretaries for Education and Manpower, 1983–1997=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width="10" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width="80" | Portrait ! width="180" | Name ! width="180" colspan="2" | Term of office ! width="120" |[[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] ! Ref |- | align=center| 1 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[James Neil Henderson]] 韓達誠|| 1983 || 25 August 1986 || Sir [[Edward Youde]] {{small|(1982–1986)}} ||<ref name="gaz1986"/> |- | align=center| 2 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[R. G. B. Bridge]] 布立之|| 26 August 1986 || 1989 || rowspan=3| Sir [[David Clive Wilson|David Wilson]] {{small|(1987–1992)}} || <ref name="gaz1986">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 2930 of 1986 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=29 August 1986 |volume=128 |pages=3966, 4048}}</ref> |- | align=center | 3 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Yeung Kai-yin]] 楊啟彥|| 1989 || 1991 || |- | align=center rowspan=2| 4 || rowspan=2| [[File:John Chan.jpg|80px]] || rowspan=2| [[John Chan]] 陳祖澤|| rowspan=2| 1991 || rowspan=2| 1993 ||rowspan=2 | |- |rowspan=3| [[Chris Patten]] {{small|(1992–1997)}} |- | align=center | 5 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Leung Man-kin]] 梁文建|| 1993 || 1995 || |- | align=center| 6 || [[File:Joseph Wong Wing-ping.jpg|80px]] || [[Joseph Wong]] 王永平 || August 1995 || 30 June 1997 || |- |}

===Secretaries for Education and Manpower, 1997–2007=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width="10" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width="80" | Portrait ! width="180" | Name ! width="180" colspan="2" | Term of office ! width="80" | Duration ! width="120" | [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] ! Term ! Ref |- | align="center" bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" | 1 || [[File:Joseph Wong Wing-ping.jpg|80px]] || [[Joseph Wong Wing-ping]] 王永平 || 1 July 1997 || 3 July 2000 || {{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|2000|7|3}} || rowspan=3| [[Tung Chee-hwa]] {{small|(1997–2005)}} || rowspan=2 align=center|[[First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|1]] || |- | align="center" bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" | 2 || [[File:Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun(7622482376).jpg|80px]] || [[Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun]] 羅范椒芬 || 3 July 2000 || 3 June 2002 || {{Age in years and days|2000|7|3|2002|6|30}} || |- | align="center" bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" rowspan="2" | 3 || rowspan=2 | [[File:Arthur Li.jpg|80px]] || rowspan=2 | [[Arthur Li Kwok-cheung]] 李國章 || rowspan=2 | 1 July 2002 || rowspan=2 | 30 June 2007 || rowspan=2 | {{Age in years and days|2002|7|1|2007|7|1}} || align=center|[[Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]] || |- | [[Donald Tsang]] {{small|(2005–2012)}} || align=center|[[First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]] || |- |}

===Secretaries for Education, 2007–present=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width="10" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width="80" | Portrait ! width="180" | Name ! width="180" colspan="2" | Term of office ! width="80" | Duration ! width="120" | [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] ! Term ! Ref |- | align="center" bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" | 1 || [[File:Michael Suen Ming Yeung.JPG|80px]] || [[Michael Suen Ming-yeung]] 孫明揚 || 1 July 2007 || 30 June 2012 || {{Age in years and days|2007|7|1|2012|7|1}} || [[Donald Tsang]] {{small|(2005–2012)}} || align=center|[[Second term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|3]] || |- | align="center" bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" | 2 || [[File:Ng Hak-kim in 2015.jpg|80px]] || [[Eddie Ng Hak-kim]] 吳克儉 || 1 July 2012 || 30 June 2017 || {{Age in years and days|2012|7|1|2017|7|1}} || [[Leung Chun-ying]] {{small|(2012–2017)}} || align=center|[[Leung Chun-ying as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|4]] || |- | align="center" bgcolor="{{party color|Nonpartisan}}" | 3 || [[File:Kelvin Yeung Yun-hung.png|80px]] || [[Kevin Yeung Yun-hung]] 楊潤雄 || 1 July 2017 || 30 June 2022|| {{Age in years and days|2017|7|1|2022|06|30|duration=on}} || [[Carrie Lam]] {{small|(2017–present)}} || align=center|[[Carrie Lam as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|5]] || |- | bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 4 || [[File:Choi Yuk-lin in 2016 (cropped).jpg|80px]] || [[Christine Choi|Christine Choi Yuk-lin]] 蔡若蓮 || 1 July 2022|| Incumbent || {{Age in years and days|2022|7|1|duration=on}} || [[John Lee (government official)|John Lee]] {{small|(2022–present)}} || align=center|[[Lee government|6]] || |}

==See also== *[[Hong Kong Government]] *[[Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.info.gov.hk/emb Official website of the EMB] *[http://www.info.gov.hk/govcht_e.htm Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government]

[[Category:Positions of the Hong Kong Government|Education, Secretary for]] [[Category:Education in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Government ministers of Hong Kong|education]]