Henry Tang

Henry Tang Ying-yen
唐英年
Tang in 2023
Chief Secretary for Administration
In office
1 July 2007 – 30 September 2011
Chief ExecutiveDonald Tsang
Preceded byRafael Hui
Succeeded byStephen Lam
3rd Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
In office
5 August 2003 – 30 June 2007
Chief ExecutiveTung Chee-hwa
Donald Tsang
Preceded byAntony Leung
Succeeded byJohn Tsang
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Acting
In office
25 May 2005 – 21 June 2005
Preceded bySir Donald Tsang (Acting)
Succeeded bySir Donald Tsang
1st Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
In office
1 July 2002 – 3 August 2003
Chief ExecutiveTung Chee-hwa
Succeeded byJohn Tsang
Personal details
Born (1952-09-06) 6 September 1952 (age 72)
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
NationalityHong Konger
Political partyLiberal Party (1993–2002)
Spouse
Lisa Kuo
(m. 1984)
[1]
Residence(s)7 York Road, Kowloon Tong
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Cranbrook School
Signature
Chinese name
Chinese唐英年
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáng Yīngnián
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTòhng Yīngnìhn
JyutpingTong4 Jing1nin4

Henry Tang Ying-yen GBM GBS JP (Chinese: 唐英年; born 6 September 1952) is a Hong Kong politician who served as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong between 2007 and 2011. He held the position of Financial Secretary from 2003 to 2007. In 2012, he lost the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election to Leung Chun-ying.

  1. ^ Te-Ping Chen (20 February 2012). "Satirists Take Aim at Hong Kong Candidate Tang". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2012.