2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
The 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 26 March 2017 for the 5th term of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Former Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam beat former Financial Secretary John Tsang and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, receiving 777 votes from the 1,194-member Election Committee.
Image: Carrie Lam 2016
Image: John Tsang 2016 5 cut
Image: Woo Kwok hing
The 2014 sit-in protests calling for "genuine universal suffrage" were held in response to the NPCSC decision affecting the 2017 election.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of Hong Kong, the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom during British rule. The office, stipulated by the Hong Kong Basic Law, formally came into being on 1 July 1997 with the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Government House, official residence of the chief executive
Image: Tung Chee Hwa (Feb 2011)
Image: Donald Tsang WEF
