Carrie Lam

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Carrie Lam is a Hong Kong politician who served as the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022, overseeing the territory during a period of major political unrest and closer integration with mainland China.

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Carrie Lam canonical 4
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
politician
awardReceived Gold Bauhinia Star
Grand Bauhinia Medal
birthName Carrie Lam self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
countryOfCitizenship Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
dateOfBirth 1957-05-13
educatedAt St. Francis' Canossian College
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

The University of Hong Kong
surface form: University of Hong Kong
employer Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
surface form: Government of Hong Kong
endTime 2022-06-30
ethnicGroup Chinese
fieldOfStudy social sciences
gender female
hasHonorificSuffix GBM
GBS
ideology pro-Beijing
languageSpoken Cantonese
English
Mandarin Chinese
memberOfPoliticalParty pro-Beijing camp
surface form: pro-Beijing camp in Hong Kong
name Carrie Lam self-link
nativeName 林鄭月娥
notableEvent 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
implementation of Hong Kong national security law in 2020
introduction of the 2019 extradition bill
notableWork overseeing closer integration of Hong Kong with mainland China
numberOfChildren 2
occupation civil servant
politician
orderInOffice 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong
placeOfBirth Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
positionHeld Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong
Director of Social Welfare of Hong Kong
Secretary for Development of Hong Kong
precededBy Leung Chun-ying
reasonForSanction undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Government House, Hong Kong
sanctionedBy United States Department of the Treasury
spouse Lam Siu-por
startTime 2017-07-01
succeededBy John Lee Ka-chiu
supportedBy People's Republic of China government
surface form: Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
timeOfSanction 2020-08
wasFirstFemaleHolderOfOffice Chief Executive of Hong Kong
workLocation Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

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Chief Executive officeHoldersInclude Carrie Lam
subject surface form: Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
John Lee Ka-chiu predecessor Carrie Lam
2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election incumbentBeforeElection Carrie Lam
this entity surface form: Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Leung Chun-ying succeededBy Carrie Lam
Carrie Lam name Carrie Lam self-link
Carrie Lam birthName Carrie Lam self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor