Leung Chun-ying

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Leung Chun-ying

梁振英
3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
In office
1 July 2012 – 30 June 2017
PresidentHu Jintao
Xi Jinping
PremierWen Jiabao
Li Keqiang
Preceded byDonald Tsang
Succeeded byCarrie Lam
Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Assumed office
13 March 2017
ChairmanYu Zhengsheng
Wang Yang
Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council
In office
1 July 1999 – 3 October 2011
Appointed byTung Chee-hwa
Donald Tsang
Preceded byChung Sze-yuen
Succeeded byRonald Arculli
Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Assumed office
28 February 2017
In office
16 March 2003 – 21 June 2012
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998
Personal details
Born (1954-08-12) 12 August 1954 (age 69)
Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, British Hong Kong
Political partyProgressive Hong Kong Society (1980s)
New Hong Kong Alliance (1990s)
Spouse(s)
Regina Tong (m. 1981)
Children3
Residence4 Peel Rise, The Peak
Alma materKing's College, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Polytechnic
Bristol Polytechnic
OccupationChartered Surveyor
Honorary DegreeDBA (PolyU)
PhD in Business Administration (UWE)
Signature
Nickname(s)CY, 689
Chinese name
Chinese

Leung Chun-ying, GBM, GBS, JP (Chinese: 梁振英; born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician. He was the third Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 2012 and 2017.[2][3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Association for Conversation of Hong Kong Indigenous Languages Online Dictionary for Hong Kong Hakka and Hong Kong Punti (Weitou dialect)
  2. Chen, Te-Ping; Yung, Chester (25 March 2012). "Leung Chun-Ying Wins Hong Kong Election". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. Wong, Kelvin; Tong, Stephanie; Khan, Natasha (25 March 2012). "Leung Wins Hong Kong Leader Contest With Double Tang's Votes". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 March 2012.