Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Financial Secretary 財政司司長
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Incumbent The Hon John Tsang since 1 July 2007
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Government Secretariat Executive Council
Reports to	Legislative Council
Residence	45 Shouson Hill Road
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Term length	No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term
Inaugural holder	Donald Tsang
Formation	1 July 1997
Website	FSO

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The Financial Secretary (Chinese: 財政司司長) is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters, equivalent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom and Minister of Finance in other nations. The position is among the three most senior Principal Officials of the Government, second only to the Chief Secretary in the order of precedence (but not subordinate to the CS). Together with other secretaries, the Financial Secretary is accountable to the Legislative Council and the territory's Chief Executive (the Governor before the 1997 transfer of sovereignty) for his actions in supervising the formulation and implementation of financial and economic policies.

The position evolved out of the office of the Colonial Treasurer before 1940. The Financial Secretary is a member of the Executive Council, and gives advice to the Chief Executive in that capacity. He is also responsible for delivering the annual budget to the Legislative Council. To date, it is the only office among the three highest Principal Officials of the Government (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice/Attorney General) not to have been occupied by a woman.

The incumbent Financial Secretary is John Tsang.

List of Secretaries

Colonial Treasurers between 1842 and 1937

Name	Took office	Left office
Edward Elmslie	1842	1843
Charles Edward Stewart	1843	1844
Robert Montgomery Martin	1844	1847
William Thomas Mercer	1847	1854
Robert Rienaecker	1854	1857
Frederick Henry Alexander Forth	1857	1871
Sir Cecil Clementi Smith PC GCMG	1871	1879
Sir James Russell CMG	1879	1883
Alfred Lister	1883	1890
Norman Gilbert Mitchell-Innes	1891	1896
Thomas Sercombe Smith	1896	1898
Alexander MacDonald Thomson	1898	1918
Charles McIlvaine Messer OBE	1918	1931
Edwin Taylor CMG	1931	1937

Robert Montgomery Martin (1844–1845)
William Thomas Mercer (1845–54)^[1]
? Ricnaecker (1854–56)^[1]
T.H. Forth (1856–62)^[1]
James Russell (1882)
Alfred Lister (1882–1883)^[2]
H.E. Wodehouse (1883–90)^[2]
? Mitchell-Innes (1891–93)^[2]
F.H. May (acting)^[2]
Norman Gilbert Mitchell-Innes (1890–1895)
A. M. Thomson (acting) (1895–1897)
T. Sercombe Smith (1897–1898)
A. M. Thomson (1899–1918)
C. McI. Messer (1918–1931)
E. Taylors (1931–1937)

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Financial Secretaries between 1937 and 1997

Sir Sydney Caine KCMG(1937–1940)
Henry R. Butters (1940–1941)
Sir Geoffrey Follows (1946–1951)
Arthur Grenfell Clarke CMG (1952–1961)^[4]
Sir John James Cowperthwaite KBE CMG (1961–1971)
Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave KBE CMG (1971–1981)
Sir John Henry Bremridge KBE (1981–1986)
Sir Piers Jacobs KBE (1986–1991)
Sir Hamish Macleod KBE (1991–1995)
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM KBE (Sept 1995- June 1997)

Financial Secretaries after 1997

Politiical party: Nonpartisan

№	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political Party	Previous Office	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
№	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political Party	Previous Office	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Donald Tsang Yam-kuen 曾蔭權 (1944–)	1 July 1997	30 April 2001	7008120852000000000♠3 years, 303 days	Nonpartisan	Secretary for the Treasury (1993–1995)	Tung Chee-hwa	1
2		Antony Leung Kam-chung 梁錦松 (1952–)	1 May 2001	16 July 2003	7007696816000000000♠2 years, 76 days	Nonpartisan	Non-offcicial Member of Executive Council (1997–2001)		1
2		Antony Leung Kam-chung 梁錦松 (1952–)	1 May 2001	16 July 2003	7007696816000000000♠2 years, 76 days	Nonpartisan	Non-offcicial Member of Executive Council (1997–2001)		2
3		Henry Tang Ying-yen 唐英年 (1952–)	17 July 2003	30 June 2007	7008124740000000000♠3 years, 348 days	Nonpartisan	Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (2002–2003)		2
3		Henry Tang Ying-yen 唐英年 (1952–)	17 July 2003	30 June 2007	7008124740000000000♠3 years, 348 days	Nonpartisan	Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (2002–2003)	Donald Tsang	2
4		John Tsang Chun-wah 曾俊華 (1951–)	1 July 2007	Incumbent	7008275961600000000♠8 years, 272 days	Nonpartisan	Director of Office of the Chief Executive (2006–2007)	Donald Tsang	3
4		John Tsang Chun-wah 曾俊華 (1951–)	1 July 2007	Incumbent	7008275961600000000♠8 years, 272 days	Nonpartisan	Director of Office of the Chief Executive (2006–2007)	Leung Chun-ying	4

Residence

The Financial Secretary's residence is 45 Shouson Hill Road in Deep Water Bay.

References

1 2 3 Endacott, G. B. (2005) [1962]. A biographical sketch-book of early Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-9622097421.
1 2 3 4 sunzi.lib.hku.hk PDF
↑ Boase, Frederic. 1897. 'Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memiors of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter'. Published by Netherton and Worth, For the author, 1897 Item notes: v.2 (page 772) Download PDF text
↑ London Gazette, 1 June 1953

Principal officials of Hong Kong

Secretaries of departments	Chief Secretary Financial Secretary Secretary for Justice

Secretaries of bureaux	Civil Service Commerce and Economic Development Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Development Education Environment Financial Services and the Treasury Food and Health Home Affairs Innovation and Technology Labour and Welfare Security Transport and Housing

Other principal officials	Audit Police ICAC Customs and Excise Immigration

Past secretaries of bureaux (after 1997)	Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Commerce and Industry Commerce, Industry and Technology Constitutional Affairs Economic Services Economic Development and Labour Education and Manpower Environment and Food Environment, Transport and Works Health and Welfare Health, Welfare and Food Housing Housing, Planning and Lands Information Technology and Broadcasting Planning, Environment and Lands Planning and Lands Trade and Industry Transport Treasury Works

Office of the Chief Executive (Hong Kong)

Director of the Chief Executive's Office: Gabriel Leung

Public Service Commission Office of the Ombudsman Independent Commission Against Corruption Audit Commission Central Policy Unit Secretary for Justice Chief Secretary for Administration Financial Secretary

Financial Secretary

Financial Secretary: John Tsang

Subordinate departments	Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Previous office holders *	Martin Mercer Ricnaecker Forth Russell Lister Wodehouse May (acting) Mitchell-Innes Thomson (acting) Smith Thomson Messer Taylors Caine Butters Follows Clarke Cowperthwaite Haddon-Cave Bremridge Jacobs Macleod D. Tsang Leung Tang J. Tsang

* Includes previous Colonial Treasurers

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