Patrick Ho | |
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何志平 | |
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| Secretary for Home Affairs | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2007 | |
| Chief executive | Tung Chee-hwa Sir Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Lam Woon-kwong |
| Succeeded by | Tsang Tak-sing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1949 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Spouse | Sibelle Hu Huizhong (m. 1997) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
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| Traditional Chinese | 何志平 | ||||||||||||||
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Patrick Ho Chi-ping GBS JP (born 24 July 1949 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong ophthalmologist turned politician.
He joined the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR.[1] When the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in 2002, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-wah appointed Ho Secretary for Home Affairs, a senior ministerial post.
He was convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018. The Medical Council of Hong Kong ruled that his name was removed from the General Register for a period of 1 year from May 2021.[2]
- ^ "Tung delays naming new team". The Standard. 21 June 2002.
- ^ 張嘉敏 (11 May 2021). "何志平涉美國賄賂案罪成 醫委會裁定專業失德 釘牌12個月". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 11 May 2021.