Secretary for Justice
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Secretary for Justice (traditional Chinese: 律政司司長) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. The Secretary for Justice 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 the Chief Executive is on leave or is outside of Hong Kong, and to assume the duty of the office of the Chief Executive when the position is temporarily vacant. The current Secretary for Justice is Wong Yan Lung, SC.
Before the transfer of sovereignty, the position was titled Attorney General (律政司), and the department was called Legal Department.
[edit] List of Attorneys General before 1997
Before 1997, the Department of Justice was known as the Legal Department. It was headed by the Attorney General:
- Thomas Chisholm Anstey October 1855 – 30 January 1859.
- William Henry Adams circa 1860-
- George Phillippo 1876-1879
- Edward Louchlin O'Malley (1884-1889)
- W. Meigh Goodman (1890-1902)
- Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley (1902-1906)
- Rees Davies (1907-1912)
- J. A. S. Bucknill (1912-1914)
- Sir Joseph H. Kemp (1914-1930)
- C. G. Alabaster (1930-1941)
- G. E. Strickland (acting) (1946)
- John Bowes Griffin (1947-1951)
- Arthur Ridehalgh (1952-1961)
- Maurice Heenan (1962-1966)
- Denys Tudor Emil Roberts (1966-1973)
- John Williams Dixon Hobley (1973-1979)
- John Calvert Griffiths (1979-1983)
- Michael David Thomas (1983-1988)
- Jeremy Fell Mathews (1988 - June 30, 1997)
[edit] List of Secretaries for Justice
- Elsie Leung (July 1, 1997 - October 19, 2005)
- Wong Yan Lung, SC (October 20, 2005 - )
[edit] 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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Past secretaries of bureaux (after 1997): Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau | Commerce and Industry | Commerce, Industry and Technology | Constitutional Affairs | Economic Services | Economic Development and Labour | Education and Manpower | Environment and Food | Environment, Transport and Works | Health and Welfare | Health, Welfare and Food | Housing | Housing, Planning and Lands | Information Technology and Broadcasting | Planning, Environment and Lands | Planning and Lands | Trade and Industry | Transport | Treasury | Works |
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