Secretary for Home Affairs

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Home Affairs 民政事務局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Lau Kong-wah since 21 July 2015
Home Affairs Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	David Lan
Formation	1 July 1997
Website	HAB

The Secretary for Home Affairs (Chinese: 民政事務局局長) is the head of the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services.

List of office holders

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Colonial period

Registrar-Generals

James Haldane Stewart Lockhart 1887–1901

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

Norman Lockhart Smith 1934–1936
Ronald Holmes 1966–1969

Secretariat for Home Affairs

Ronald Holmes 1969–1971
Donald Luddington 1971-1973
Jack Cater 1973
Denis Bray 1973-1977
Li Fook Kow 1977-1980
Denis Bray 1980-1985

Secretary for District Administration

David Akers-Jones 1981–1985
Donald Liao 1985–1989

Secretary for Home Affairs

Peter Tsao 1989–1991
Michael Suen 1991–1997

After transfer of the sovereignty to People's Republic of China

Name	Took office	Left office
David Lan	July 1, 1997	July 9, 2000
Lam Woon-kwong	July 10, 2000	June 30, 2002
Patrick Ho	July 1, 2002	June 30, 2007
Tsang Tak-sing	July 1, 2007	July 21, 2015
Lau Kong-wah	July 21, 2015	Incumbent

External links

Principal officials of Hong Kong

Secretaries of departments	Chief Secretary Financial Secretary Secretary for Justice

Secretaries of bureaux	Civil Service Commerce and Economic Development Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Development Education Environment Financial Services and the Treasury Food and Health Home Affairs Innovation and Technology Labour and Welfare Security Transport and Housing

Other principal officials	Audit Police ICAC Customs and Excise Immigration

Past secretaries of bureaux (after 1997)	Broadcasting, Culture and Sport 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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