The Secretary for Security is the member of the Government of Hong Kong in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters.
The post was created in 1973 and since the Principal Officials Accountability System was adopted in 2002, the Secretary for Security has been a member of the Executive Council. Before 1973, the office was known as the Secretary for Defence.
Areas of responsibility include:
Police Force Correctional Services Immigration Department Customs and Excise Department Fire Services Department Government Flying Service Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
List of office holders Political party:
Defence Secretary, 1941 Portrait Name Term of officeGovernor Ref 1 John Alexander Fraser傅瑞憲 April 1941 25 December 1941 Mark Aitchison Young
Defence Secretaries, 1957–1969 Portrait Name Term of officeGovernor Ref 1 Alastair Todd陶雅禮 1957 19 October 1960 Sir Alexander Grantham Sir Robert Brown Black 2 Kenneth Strathmore Kinghorn景韓 20 October 1960 22 November 1960 3 Donald Luddington陸鼎堂 23 November 1960 17 December 1961 4 David Harold Jordan左敦 18 December 1961 27 November 1966 Sir David Trench 5 Peter Barry Williams衛理欽 28 November 1966 8 February 1967 6 Jack Cater姬達 9 February 1967 21 May 1967 7 Peter Barry Williams 衛理欽 22 May 1967 31 March 1968 8 Alastair Todd陶雅禮 1 April 1968 9 August 1968 9 Ian Macdonald Lightbody黎保德 10 August 1968 19 February 1969 10 Alastair Todd陶雅禮 20 February 1969 1971
Secretaries for Security, 1973–1997 Portrait Name Term of officeGovernor Ref 1 George Peter Lloyd羅以德 June 1973 March 1974 Sir Murray MacLehose 2 Lewis Mervyn Davis戴宏志 March 1974 October 1982 Sir Edward Youde 3 David Jeaffreson謝法新 November 1982 February 1988 Sir David Wilson 4 Geoffrey Barnes班乃信 February 1988 February 1990 5 Alistair Asprey區士培 February 1990 February 1995 Chris Patten 6 Peter Lai黎慶寧 February 1995 30 June 1997
Secretaries for Security, 1997–present Portrait Name Term of office DurationChief Executive Term Ref 1 Peter Lai Hing-ling黎慶寧 1 July 1997 30 August 1998 Tung Chee-hwa 1 2 Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee葉劉淑儀 31 August 1998 3 August 2003 2 3 Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong李少光 4 August 2003 30 June 2012 Donald Tsang 2 3 4 Lai Tung-kwok黎棟國 1 July 2012 30 June 2017 Leung Chun-ying 4 5 John Lee Ka-chiu李家超 1 July 2017 24 June 2021 Carrie Lam 5 6 Chris Tang Ping-keung鄧炳強 25 June 2021 Incumbent John Lee 6
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