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Encyclopedia > President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The President of the Legislative Council is the speaker of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. In the absence of the President, the chairman of the House Committee serves as deputy to the President. The word speaker has a number of uses: In politics the Speaker is the presiding officer in many legislative bodies. ... The Legislative Council (立法會, abbreviated LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


From the stablishment of the council in 1843 to 1993, the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong was the Governor. In 1991, a Deputy President was appointed by the governor from among the members to chair the sittings. The governor remained president and member, but systematically absented himself from most of the sittings. In February 1993, the governor ceased to be member and president of the council. The presidency was handed over to a member elected from among the unofficial members. A Legislative Council in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or superior to a Legislative Assembly. ... The Governor of Hong Kong (香港總督) was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ... The Governor of Hong Kong was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ...


List of presidents

Rita Fan was President of the Provisional Legislative Council from 1996 to 1998.
John Swaine was the first President after the Governor ceased to be President.
John Swaine was Deputy President from 1991 to 1993.


 

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