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Secretary for Justice

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Secretary for Justice (???????????????) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. The Secretary for Justice heads the Department of Justice (Hong Kong)|Department of Justice. The Secretary for Justice is the third in order, after the Chief Secretary for Administration|Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)|Financial Secretary, to acting for the Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive when the Chief Executive is on leave or is out of the territory, and to assume the duty of the office of the Chief Executive when the position is temporarily vacant.

Before the handover|transfer of sovereignty, the position was titled Attorney General (?????????), and the department was called Legal Department.


  • Elsie Leung (July 1 1997 - October 20<!-- 19 or 20?--> 2005)

  • Wong Yan Lung (October 20 2005 - )




Before 1997, the Department of Justice was known as the Legal Department. It was headed by the Attorney General:

  • Edward Louchlin O'Malley (1884-1889)

  • W. Meigh Goodman (1890-1902)

  • Henry Spencer Berkeley|Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley (1902-1906)

  • Rees Davies (1907-1912)

  • J. A. S. Bucknill (1912-1914)

  • Joseph H. Kemp|Sir Joseph H. Kemp (1914-1930)

  • C. G. Alabaster (1930-1941)

  • G. E. Strickland (acting) (1946)

  • John Bowes Griffin (1947-1951)

  • Arthur Ridehalgh (1952-1961)

  • Maurice Heenan (1962-1966)

  • Denys Tudor Emil Roberts (1966-1973)

  • John Williams Dixon Hobley (1973-1979)

  • John Calvert Griffiths (1979-1983)

  • Michael David Thomas (1983-1988)

  • Jeremy Fell Mathews (1988 - June 30 1997)


category:Positions of the Hong Kong Government| Justice, Secretary for
Category:Hong Kong-related lists
category:Lists of Hong Kong secretaries| Justice, Secretary for
Category:Common law
Category:Lawyers
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Last Modified:   2005-11-07


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