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174:Succeeded by
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132:Succeeded by
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21:Chinese name
1661:1951 births
1621:Kitson Yang
1596:Tan Yueheng
1576:Louis Loong
1571:Martin Liao
1531:Ambrose Lam
1501:Kenneth Fok
1491:Duncan Chiu
1471:Maggie Chan
1446:Pro-Beijing
1379:Scott Leung
1269:Shiu Ka-fai
1235:Dominic Lee
1191:Ng Chau-pei
1171:Joephy Chan
1132:Lo Wai-kwok
1122:Kenneth Lau
1117:Jeffrey Lam
1093:Edmund Wong
1083:Ngan Man-yu
1043:Holden Chow
843:Ambrose Lee
788:Ambrose Lee
482:Lai in 2013
259:Preceded by
209:Ambrose Lee
204:Preceded by
162:Preceded by
125:Ambrose Lee
120:Preceded by
81:Lai in 2023
25:family name
1655:Categories
1566:Robert Lee
1541:Dennis Lam
1516:Carmen Kan
1511:Wendy Hong
1398:Gary Zhang
1360:Connie Lam
1332:Roundtable
1142:Benson Luk
1078:Stanley Li
1068:Starry Lee
751:2022-01-19
723:2022-01-07
670:2022-01-07
645:2022-02-19
544:2012-11-10
522:References
507:Carrie Lam
389:Lí Dòngguó
295:1951-11-12
1581:Johnny Ng
1551:Andrew Lo
1536:David Lam
1506:Junius Ho
1225:Regina Ip
1220:Adrian Ho
1215:Judy Chan
1152:Sunny Tan
1073:Leung Hei
1058:Nixie Lam
1048:Steven Ho
1033:Rock Chen
1028:Chan Yung
982:President
888:Incumbent
805:Simon Peh
489:Simon Peh
469:Hong Kong
461:Hong Kong
305:Hong Kong
238:Incumbent
221:Simon Peh
198:2002–2008
194:In office
152:In office
100:In office
1626:Erik Yim
1606:Tony Tse
1601:Paul Tse
1298:Tang Fei
1147:Jimmy Ng
833:John Lee
572:Archived
511:COVID-19
451:Jyutping
404:Jyutping
179:John Lee
137:John Lee
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1250:Liberal
443:Chinese
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