Chief Executive

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The Chief Executive is the top political leader and head of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong
appointedBy State Council of China ⓘ
surface form: Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China
chairs Executive Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
constitutes one of the three main branches of power in Hong Kong alongside the legislature and judiciary ⓘ
country Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
createdBy Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
surface form: Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
eligibilityRequirement Chinese citizen ⓘ
attained the age of 40 years ⓘ
ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 20 years ⓘ
permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
firstHolder Tung Chee-hwa ⓘ
flag Flag of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
formationDate 1997-07-01 ⓘ
governingDocument Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
surface form: Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
hasPower appoint judges of the courts of the Hong Kong SAR ⓘ
appoint principal officials of the Hong Kong SAR Government ⓘ
conduct external affairs on behalf of the Hong Kong SAR in accordance with the Basic Law ⓘ
dissolve the Legislative Council under conditions prescribed by the Basic Law ⓘ
return bills to the Legislative Council for reconsideration ⓘ
sign bills passed by the Legislative Council into law ⓘ
legalBasis Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
surface form: Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
memberOf Executive Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
nativeName 香港特別行政區行政長官 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage zh-Hant ⓘ
nominatedBy Election Committee of Hong Kong ⓘ
officeHolderRole head of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
top political leader of Hong Kong SAR ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Carrie Lam ⓘ
Donald Tsang ⓘ
John Lee Ka-chiu ⓘ
Leung Chun-ying ⓘ
Tung Chee-hwa ⓘ
officeLocation Central Government Complex, Tamar, Hong Kong ⓘ
partOf political system of Hong Kong ⓘ
precededBy Governor of Hong Kong ⓘ
reportsTo People's Republic of China government ⓘ
surface form: Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China

Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
residence Government House, Hong Kong ⓘ
responsibleFor formulating and implementing government policies in Hong Kong ⓘ
implementation of the Basic Law in Hong Kong ⓘ
leading the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
submitting budgets and important policy addresses to the Legislative Council ⓘ
seat Central Government Complex, Tamar, Hong Kong ⓘ
shortName Chief Executive ⓘ
Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
surface form: The Honourable
symbol Emblem of Hong Kong ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termLimit no more than two consecutive terms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hong Kong, China → headOfGovernmentTitle → Chief Executive ⓘ
subject surface form: Hong Kong
Executive Council of Hong Kong → requires → Chief Executive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Executive to consult on important policy decisions
Executive Council of Hong Kong → relatedBody → Chief Executive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Executive in Council