Secretary for Health

Position in the Hong Kong Government

Main article: Health in Hong Kong

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Health
醫務衞生局局長

Emblem of Hong Kong

Incumbent
Lo Chung-mau

since 1 July 2022

Health Bureau
Style| The Honourable
Appointer| Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder| Katherine Fok
Secretary for Health and Welfare
York Chow
Secretary for Food and Health
Lo Chung-mau
Secretary for Health
Formation| 1 July 1997
1 July 2007
1 July 2022
Salary| HK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
Website| Health Bureau
Secretary for Health

Traditional Chinese| 醫務衞生局局長
| Transcriptions

Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Sihk maht kahp waih sāang guhk guhk jéung
Jyutping| Sik6 mat6 kap6 wai6 saang1 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The Secretary for Health (Chinese: 醫務衞生局局長) is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Health Bureau. The current office holder is Lo Chung-mau.

The position was created on 1 July 2022, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Food and Health, and the portfolio with foods transferred to the Secretary for Environment and Ecology.

Before that, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food (Chinese: 衞生福利及食物局局長; pinyin: Wèishēng Fúlì Jí Shíwù-jú júzhǎng) was created as a ministerial position who headed the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB). It was replaced by Secretary for Food and Health on 1 July 2007, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, and the portfolio with welfare transferred to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare.

The SH is a politically appointed position. In other words, its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office. The secretary is also a member of the Executive Council (ExCo).

## List of office holders

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Political party: Nonpartisan

### Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Governor | Ref

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1 |  | Li Fook-kow
李福逑 | 1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982) |
1 |  | Eric Peter Ho
何鴻鑾 | 12 April 1977 | 6 February 1983 |
Sir Edward Youde
(1971–1982) |

### Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Governor | Ref

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1 |  | Henry Ching
程慶禮 | 2 May 1983 | 30 November 1984 | Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986) |
2 |  | John Walter Chambers
湛保庶 | 1 December 1984 | 30 September 1988 |
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992) |
3 |  | Chau Tak-hay
周德熙 | 1 October 1988 | January 1990 |
4 |  | Elizabeth Wong
黃錢其濂 | January 1990 | September 1994 |
Chris Patten
(1992–1997) |
5 |  | Katherine Fok
霍羅兆貞 | September 1994 | 30 June 1997 |

### Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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1 |  | Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching
霍羅兆貞 | 1 July 1997 | 19 September 1999 | 2 years, 80 days | Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005) | 1 |
2 |  | Yeoh Eng-kiong
楊永強 | 20 September 1999 | 30 June 2002 | 2 years, 283 days |

### Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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1 |  | Yeoh Eng-kiong
楊永強 | 1 July 2002 | 11 October 2004 | 2 years, 102 days | Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005) | 2 |
2 |  | York Chow Yat-ngok
周一嶽 | 12 October 2004 | 30 June 2007 | 2 years, 261 days |
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012) | 2 |

### Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–2022

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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1 |  | York Chow Yat-ngok
周一嶽 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Donald Tsang
(2005–2012) | 3 |
2 |  | Ko Wing-man
高永文 | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2017 | 5 years, 0 days | Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017) | 4 |
3 |  | Sophia Chan Siu-chee
陳肇始 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | 5 years, 0 days | Carrie Lam
(2017–2022) | 5 |

### Secretaries for Health, 2022–present

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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1 |  | Lo Chung-mau
盧寵茂 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 160 days | John Lee
(2022–present) | 6 |

## See also

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* Hong Kong Government
* Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong

## References

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1. ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

## External links

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* Official website of the Food and Health Bureau
* Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government

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