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sure and cultural services department tourism commission education bureau university grants committee secretariat working family and student financial assistance agency environment and ecology bureau environmental protection department agriculture fisheries and conservation department food and environmental hygiene department hong kong observatory government laboratory health bureau department of health home and youth affairs bureau home affairs department information services department labour and welfare bureau social welfare department security bureau hong kong police force hong kong fire services department correctional services department customs and excise department immigration department government flying service civil aid service auxiliary medical service transport and logistics bureau transport department civil aviation department highways department marine department housing bureau housing department commerce and economic development bureau intellectual property department invest hong kong office of the communications authority post office trade and industry department hong kong economic and trade offices overseas radio television hong kong development bureau architectural services department buildings department civil engineering and development department drainage services department electrical and mechanical services department lands department lands administration office land registry planning department water supplies department financial services and the treasury bureau census and statistics department companies registry government logistics department government property agency inland revenue department official receiver s office rating and valuation department treasury innovation technology and industry bureau efficiency office office of the government chief information officer innovation and technology commission hong kong civil service administrative officer political appointments system legislature legislative council president starry lee list of members of the legislative council political camps pro beijing camp pro democracy camp localist camp judiciary court of final appeal chief justice andrew cheung high court chief judge jeremy poon court of appeal court of first instance district court chief district judge justin ko magistrates court chief magistrate so wai tak special courts and tribunals coroner s court labour tribunal lands tribunal market misconduct tribunal obscene articles tribunal small claims tribunal districts district officers district councils central and western eastern islands kowloon city kwai tsing kwun tong north sai kung sha tin sham shui po southern tai po tsuen wan tuen mun wan chai wong tai sin yau tsim mong yuen long area committees elections democracy electoral affairs commission registration and electoral office chief executive elections election committee legislative elections geographical constituencies functional constituencies election committee constituency district council elections list of constituencies of hong kong political parties universal suffrage foreign relations documents hong kong identity card hksar passport consular missions in hong kong hong kong economic and trade office hong kong united kingdom relations hong kong united states relations hong kong philippines relations hong kong singapore relations hong kong mainland china relations central leading group on hong kong and macau affairs hong kong and macao affairs office hong kong liaison office office of the government of the hksar in beijing mainland and hong kong closer economic partnership arrangement hong kong taiwan relations hong kong economic trade and cultural office hong kong taiwan economic and cultural co operation and promotion council related topics culture economy education geography history hong kong portal v t e 22 16 53 n 114 09 54 e 22 281487 n 114 165089 e 22 281487 114 165089 executive council of hong kong traditional chinese 行政會議 simplified chinese 行政会议 transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin xíngzhèng huìyì yue cantonese yale romanization hàhng jing wuih yíh jyutping hang4 zing3 wui6 ji5 pre handover name chinese 行政局 transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin xíngzhèngjú yue cantonese yale romanization hàhng jing guhk jyutping hang4 zing3 guk6 the executive council of hong kong exco is the cabinet of the government of hong kong acting as a formal body of advisers to the chief executive of hong kong that serves as a core policy making organ assisting the chief executive 1 2 it is analogous to other executive councils in the commonwealth such as the federal executive council of australia the executive council of new zealand and the privy council of the united kingdom under the presidency of the chief executive the executive council consists of 21 official members the most senior of these being the chief secretary of hong kong head of the government secretariat and chair of the policy committee and 16 non official members also known as ministers without portfolio who are normally leading legislators from pro establishment political parties headed by the convenor of the non official members the council normally meets once a week history edit the executive council was set up by the british hong kong government the first ex officio members were the colonial secretary and the colonial treasurer in the 1840s the attorney general was added in the 1850s in 1949 the executive council had five ex officio members the senior military officer commander of british forces overseas the colonial secretary the attorney general the secretary for chinese affairs and the financial secretary the commissioner of labour while an official was not an ex officio member in addition there were six unofficial members the chief manager of the hongkong and shanghai banking corporation the tai pan of jardine s a solicitor two barristers and a physician 3 in 1994 the title senior member or senior unofficial member was changed to convenor when lydia dunn was succeeded in the post by rosanna wong 4 the format of the executive council was retained after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 until a ministerial system named principal officials accountability system or poas was introduced in 2002 tung chee hwa s second term of office since then all secretaries are political appointees and have to leave the civil service all secretaries are appointed to the council transforming the council effectively into a cabinet non official members are minorities in the council and are like ministers without portfolio the position of convenor was abolished in fulfilling his election platform chief executive sir donald tsang appointed eight new non official members the day after delivering his first policy address on 12 october 2005 secretaries of bureaux would sit in meetings of the council when the agenda was related to their portfolio and the position of convenor was restored it was presented as a move to re strengthen the role of the council as a link with the community change in composition edit year number of official members exclusive of the chief executive number of non official members 1997 3 11 2002 14 5 2004 14 7 2005 14 15 2007 15 16 2008 15 15 2009 15 16 2012 15 14 2012 15 16 2013 15 14 2015 15 15 2015 16 14 2015 16 16 2016 16 16 2017 16 15 2017 16 16 2022 21 16 functions edit the executive council is to advise the chief executive in policy making and the administration of the government the chief executive acting after consultation with the executive council is known as chief executive in council 5 under article 54 of the basic law the chief executive must consult the executive council before making important policy decisions introducing bills to the legislative council making delegated legislation regulating certain public institutions or dissolving legco the chief executive in council also hears appeals and objections under certain ordinances 6 a chief executive rejecting a majority opinion of the executive council is required to put the specific reasons for the rejection on record composition edit main article john lee ka chiu government the members of executive council are appointed by the chief executive from among principal officials heads of department informally called ministers members of legislative council and public figures their appointment and removal is decided by the chief executive there is no fixed term of office but the term of office of members cannot extend beyond the expiry of that of the chief executive who appoints them article 55 of the basic law the council is presided over by the chief executive in addition to the 21 principal officials there are 16 non official members other than the chief secretary financial secretary and secretary for justice official members only sit in meetings that are related to their portfolio in accordance with the oaths and declarations ordinance the members of the executive council should take the oath of fidelity after his her appointment and promise not to reveal any matters being discussed in the council the aim of this principle was to ensure that the members could speak freely without any fears and pressure so as to facilitate the chief executive to receive prompt and objective advices in the policy making process 7 the following list includes all members of the executive council in the order of precedence note to avoid confusion all the names on this list follow the hong kong convention english name if available family name chinese given name if available for consistency capacity portrait member affiliation portfolio assumed office born in ref president john lee nonpartisan chief executive 1 july 2022 1957 official eric chan nonpartisan chief secretary for administration 1 july 2022 1959 official paul chan nonpartisan financial secretary 16 january 2017 1955 official paul lam nonpartisan secretary for justice 1 july 2022 1967 1968 official warner cheuk nonpartisan deputy chief secretary for administration 1 july 2022 1959 official michael wong nonpartisan deputy financial secretary 1 july 2022 1962 official horace cheung nonpartisan deputy secretary for justice 1 july 2022 1974 official erick tsang nonpartisan secretary for constitutional and mainland affairs 20 april 2020 1963 official christopher hui dab secretary for financial services and the treasury 20 april 2020 1977 official chris tang nonpartisan secretary for security 25 june 2021 1965 official tse chin wan nonpartisan secretary for environment and ecology 1 july 2022 1957 1958 official algernon yau nonpartisan secretary for commerce and economic development 1 july 2022 1958 1959 official lo chung mau nonpartisan secretary for health 1 july 2022 1960 1961 official bernadette linn nonpartisan secretary for development 1 july 2022 1963 1964 official winnie ho nonpartisan secretary for housing 1 july 2022 1964 1965 official ingrid yeung nonpartisan secretary for the civil service 1 july 2022 1964 1965 official christine choi nonpartisan secretary for education 1 july 2022 1966 1967 official dong sun nonpartisan secretary for innovation technology and industry 1 july 2022 1966 1967 official alice mak ftu secretary for home and youth affairs 1 july 2022 1970 official chris sun nonpartisan secretary for labour and welfare 1 july 2022 1971 72 official mable chan nonpartisan secretary for transport and logistics 1 july 2022 1961 1962 official rosanna law nonpartisan secretary for culture sports and tourism 1 july 2022 1963 non official regina ip npp non official convenor of the executive council former member of the legislative council chairperson of new people s party 1 july 2017 1950 non official arthur li independent former vice chancellor of chinese university of hong kong member of the committee for the basic law of the hksar under the npcsc 1 july 2012 1945 8 non official jeffrey lam bpa former member of legislative council vice chairman of bpa 17 october 2012 1951 non official tommy cheung liberal former member of legislative council chairman of liberal party 25 november 2016 1949 non official martin liao independent former member of legislative council 25 november 2016 1957 non official joseph yam independent executive vice president of the china society for finance and banking 1 july 2017 1948 non official ronny tong pod senior counsel convenor of path of democracy 1 july 2017 1950 non official lam ching choi independent chairman of the elderly commission 1 july 2017 1960 non official kenneth lau bpa member of legislative council chairman of heung yee kuk 1 july 2017 1966 non official moses cheng independent chairman of the council of the hang seng university of hong kong chancellor of the hong kong sheng kung hui 1 july 2022 1949 1950 non official margaret leung independent treasurer of the university of hong kong 1 july 2022 1952 non official chan kin por independent former member of the legislative council 1 july 2022 1954 non official eliza chan independent member of the national committee of cppcc 1 july 2022 1956 1957 non official ko wing man independent former secretary for food and health 1 july 2022 1957 non official stanley ng ftu member of the legislative council 1 july 2022 1970 non official gary chan dab member of the legislative council 1 july 2022 1976 source 9 list of the past executive councils edit 1896 1941 list of executive council of hong kong unofficial members 1896 1941 1946 1997 list of executive council of hong kong unofficial members 1946 1997 1997 2002 first term of tung chee hwa as chief executive of hong kong 2002 2005 second term of tung chee hwa as chief executive of hong kong 2005 2007 first term of donald tsang as chief executive of hong kong 2007 2012 second term of donald tsang as chief executive of hong kong 2012 2017 cy leung as chief executive of hong kong 2017 2022 carrie lam as chief executive of hong kong location edit the executive council meets in the lower block of the central government complex tamar until 2012 exco met in the main wing of the central government offices on government hill in central and below government house former residence of the british governor of hong kong prior to the handover the provisional executive council of hong kong headed by tung chee hwa met in shenzhen or tung s office on the 11th floor of the asia pacific finance tower in hong kong members of the outgoing british hong kong exco were not permitted to attend this body both executive council meetings were on tuesdays see also edit hong kong portal legislative council of hong kong politics of hong kong united front china united front work department unofficial members of the hong kong executive council references edit hong kong the facts govhk article 54 hong kong basic law the executive council of the hong kong special administrative region shall be an organ for assisting the chief executive in policy making ingrams harold hong kong her majesty s stationery office london 1952 p 231 hong kong s journey to reunification memoirs of chung sze yuen p307 chines...