President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The President of the Legislative Council is the speaker of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. In the absence of the President, the chairman of the House Committee serves as deputy to the President.
From the establishment of the council in 1843 to 1993, the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the Governor. In 1991, a Deputy President was appointed by the governor from among the members to chair the sittings. The governor remained president and member, but systematically absented himself from most of the sittings. In February 1993, the governor ceased to be member and president of the council. The presidency was handed over to a member elected from among the unofficial members.
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List of presidents
Colonial period
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Henry Pottinger | 1843 | 1844 |
| 2 | Sir John Francis Davis | 1844 | 1848 |
| 3 | Sir George Bonham | 1848 | 1854 |
| 4 | Sir John Bowring | 1854 | 1859 |
| 5 | Sir Hercules Robinson | 1859 | 1865 |
| 6 | Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell | 1866 | 1872 |
| 7 | Sir Arthur Kennedy | 1872 | 1877 |
| 8 | Sir John Pope Hennessy | 1877 | 1882 |
| 9 | Sir George Ferguson Bowen | 1883 | 1885 |
| 10 | Sir George William Des Vœux | 1887 | 1891 |
| 11 | Sir William Robinson | 1890 | 1898 |
| 12 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake | 1898 | 1903 |
| 13 | Sir Matthew Nathan | 1904 | 1904 |
| 14 | Lord Frederick Lugard | 1907 | 1912 |
| 15 | Sir Francis Henry May | 1912 | 1919 |
| 16 | Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs | 1919 | 1925 |
| 17 | Sir Cecil Clementi | 1925 | 1930 |
| 18 | Sir William Peel | 1930 | 1935 |
| 19 | Sir Andrew Caldecott | 1935 | 1937 |
| 20 | Sir Geoffry Northcote | 1937 | 1941 |
| 21 | Sir Mark Aitchison Young | 1941 | 1941 |
| 22 | Madam Leslie Wong | 1941 | 2012 |
During Japanese occupation
From 1941 to 1946, the office was suspended due to Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Japanese Occupation Forces in Hong Kong | |||
| 22 | Lieutenant-General Takashi Sakai and Lieutenant-General Masaichi Niimi | 1941 | February 20, 1942 |
| Imperial Japanese Administrator for Hong Kong | |||
| 23 | General Isogai Rensuke | February 20, 1942 | December 24, 1944 |
| 24 | General Hisaichi Tanaka | December 24, 1944 | 1944 |
Colonial period (continued)
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Colonial Secretary Franklin Charles Gimson | 1944 | 1944 | Acting |
| 25 | Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt – | 1944 | 1946 | Head of British Military Government |
| 26 | Sir Mark Aitchison Young | 1946 | 1947 | Restoration |
| 27 | Sir Alexander Grantham | 1947 | 1957 | |
| 28 | Sir Robert Brown Black | 1958 | 1964 | |
| 29 | Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench | 1964 | 1971 | |
| 30 | Lord MacLehose of Beoch | 1971 | 1982 | |
| 31 | Sir Edward Youde | 1982 | 1986 | |
| 32 | Lord Wilson of Tillyorn | 1987 | 1992 | |
| 33 | Chris Patten | 1992 | 1993 | |
| 34 | Sir John Joseph Swaine | 1993 | 1995 | |
| 35 | Andrew Wong | October 11, 1995 | June 30, 1997 | First non-Governor President of LegCo |
After transfer of the sovereignty to People's Republic of China
| # | Portrait | Name | Assembly | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the PLC | |||||
| - |  |
Rita Fan | PLC | June 30, 1997 | October 1998 |
| President of the LegCo | |||||
| 1 | |
Rita Fan | I | October 1998 | October 2000 |
| II | October 2000 | October 2004 | |||
| III | October 2004 | September 30, 2008 | |||
| 2 |  |
Jasper Tsang | IV | October 8, 2008 | Incumbent |
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