Secretary for Justice (律政司司長) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. The Secretary for Justice heads the Department of Justice. The Secretary for Justice is the third in order, after the Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary, to acting for the 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. On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... This department replaced the former Legal Department (律政司) of the colonial government of Hong Kong. ... The Chief Secretary for Administration (政務司司長), commonly known as Chief Secretary and abbreviated as CS, is the second highest position of Hong Kong Government. ... Financial Secretary, often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Hong Kong Government. ... The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Traditional Chinese: 香港特別行政區行政長官; Simplified Chinese: 香港特别行政区行政长官; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 hang4 zing3 zoeng2 gun1; pinyin: XiÄ...

Before the transfer of sovereignty, the position was titled Attorney General (律政司), and the department was called Legal Department. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Legal Department of Hong Kong was the department headed by the Attorney General and responsible for laws of the colony. ...

List of Secretaries for Justice

• Elsie Leung (July 1, 1997 - October 20 2005)
• Wong Yan Lung (October 20, 2005 - )

Elsie Leung Oi Sie GBM JP (Chinese: 梁愛詩, born 1939) was the Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 1997 to 2005, and was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wong Yan Lung SC (Chinese: 黃仁龍) (1964 - ) is currently the Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from October 20, 2005. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

List of Attorneys General before 1997

Before 1997, the Department of Justice was known as the Legal Department. It was headed by the Attorney General: 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Edward Louchlin O'Malley (1884-1889)
• W. Meigh Goodman (1890-1902)
• Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley (1902-1906)
• Rees Davies (1907-1912)
• J. A. S. Bucknill (1912-1914)
• 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)