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The Secretary for Justice (traditional Chinese: 律政司司長)is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. He or she heads the Department of Justice.
The Secretary for Justice is the third in line, after the Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary, to act for the Chief Executive when he or she is on leave, outside Hong Kong, or when the position is otherwise temporarily vacant.
The Secretary for Justice ranks fifth in the Hong Kong order of precedence.
The current Secretary for Justice is Wong Yan Lung (黃仁龍), SC.
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Etymology
Before the 1997 handover to China, the position was known as the Attorney General (律政司), and the department was known as the Legal Department (律政署).
List of Attorneys General before 1997
| Office Holder | Term | Notes |
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| Thomas Chisholm Anstey, QC | 1855-1859 | first AG of Hong Kong |
| William Henry Adams, QC | 1860-1875 | |
| George Phillippo, QC | 1876-1879 | first non-British born AG - born in Jamaica |
| Edward Louchlin O'Malley, QC | 1884-1889 | |
| W. Meigh Goodman, QC/KC | 1890-1902 | |
| Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, KC | 1902-1906 | |
| Rees Davies, KC | 1907-1912 | |
| J. A. S. Bucknill, KC | 1912-1914 | |
| Sir Joseph H. Kemp, KC | 1914-1930 | |
| Chaloner Alabaster (junior), KC | 1930-1941 | |
| None | December 1941-March 1946 | British administration suspended during Japanese occupation during World War II |
| G. E. Strickland, KC | 1946 | acting AG |
| John Bowes Griffin, KC | 1947-1951 | |
| Arthur Ridehalgh, KC/QC | 1952-1961 | last AG to be a KC |
| Maurice Heenan, QC | 1962-1966 | non-British born (born in New Zealand) |
| Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, QC | 1966-1973 | |
| John William Dixon Hobley, QC | 1973-1979 | |
| John Calvert Griffiths, QC | 1979-1983 | last non-British born AG - born in Persia (now Iran) |
| Michael David Thomas, QC | 1983-1988 | |
| Jeremy Fell Mathews, QC | 1988 - 30 June 1997 | last QC to be AG |
List of Secretaries for Justice
| Office Holder | Term | Notes |
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| Elsie Leung | 1 July 1997-19 October 2005 | first title holder who was not a QC (or KC) or SC |
| Wong Yan Lung, SC | 20 October 2005-present |
See also
- Attorney General
- Justice minister
- Minister of Justice (France), who performs similar functions to his or her Hong Kong counterpart
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