Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區行政長官 | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Residence | Government House |
Nominator | Election Committee |
Appointer | Central People's Government (Decree signed by Premier)[1] |
Term length | Five years, renewable once consecutively |
Constituting instrument | Hong Kong Basic Law |
Inaugural holder | Tung Chee-hwa (1997) |
Formation | 1 July 1997 |
Salary | HK$5 million p.a. |
Website | ceo |
Chief Executive of Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 香港特別行政區行政長官 | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 香港特别行政区行政长官 | ||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 香港特首 | ||||||||||||||
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The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong.[2]
The office was created to replace the Governor of Hong Kong.[3] The office, followed by the Hong Kong Basic Law, was created on 1 July 1997 when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.