Chief Executive of Hong Kong

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The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , briefly Chief Executive ( Chinese  香港特別行政區行政長官  /  香港特别行政区行政长官 shortly 行政長官  /  行政长官 , coll. : 特首 ) is the head of government of the Chinese Special Administrative Region and presides over the Hong Kong government . It ranks first in the protocol hierarchy of all offices in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The current officer is Carrie Lam , the first woman in office. (As of 2017 – today)

There is no universal suffrage for Hong Kong citizens in the election of the Chief Executive ; instead, the chief executive is elected by an election committee. However, has the pro-democracy camp , unlike in Macau , in drafting the Basic Law of Hong Kong ( English Basic Law of Hong Kong ) can write there in Article 45 that the election procedure on the voting committee by one in the indefinite future direct method is to be replaced . When the Chief Executive was last elected in 2017, this election committee had 1200 members. These members can not only be natural persons , but all legal persons - for example, interest groups from business and society . These members will be in 28 functional constituencies ( English functional constituency selected), again both natural persons are eligible to vote as well as various other legal persons. The electoral committee, which consists of 1200 members, chooses from a pool of nominated candidates, although nomination is difficult. A candidate needs the signature of 150 members of the election committee. With 1,051 signatures for a candidate, the latter wins the election accordingly without an opposing candidate. If no candidate reaches an absolute majority of the 1200 members in the election , a run-off election takes place. The government of the People's Republic of China under the Prime Minister carries out the official appointment of the Chief Executive.

Elections take place every five years. In the event of a resignation after three years, a new Chief Executive will be elected, but only for the next two years, so that an election takes place every five years without exception.

Previous incumbent

All previous incumbents were non-party supporters of the pro-Beijing camp .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elson Tong: Carrie Lam receives Hong Kong leadership appointment from Premier Li Keqiang. Hong Kong Free Press , April 11, 2017, accessed May 13, 2020 (UK English).
  2. ^ Diana Lee, Monday, August 30, 2010: Electoral changes nearer as NPC gives green light ( Memento of October 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: www.thestandard.com.hk , accessed March 18, 2020. (English)
  3. ↑ Hong Kong: The Facts - Government Structure. ( PDF file 326 kB) In: www.gov.hk. Retrieved May 13, 2020 (English).