Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Hong Kong/Hsiang Kang Limited suffrage, 1985, universal 1991-(97))British Crown Colony 1898-1997 until it was reunited with China as a Special Administrative Region, with a degree of autonomy

Also see Hong Kong Parliament

1975-76 Deputy Secretary for Government Anson Chan-fan On Sang
1976-79 Deputy Secretary of Social Service
1980 Director of Social Services
1980-82 Deputy Secretary of Social Service
1982-84 Director of Social Services
1987-93 Secretary of Economy
1987-2001 Member of the Executive Council
1988 Director of Social Services
1993 Secretary of The Civil Service
1993-2001 Chief Secretary (November-1/5 )
As Chief Secretary she was leader of the administration is principally responsible to the Chief Executive for the formulation of government policies and their implementation. As the head of the Public Service, the Chief Secretary for Administration is one of the Chief Executive's principal advisers, along with the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Justice. The Chief Secretary for Administration exercises direction primarily as head of the Government Secretariat, the central organization comprising the secretaries of the policy bureaux and resource bureaux and their staff. She deputized for the Chief Executive during his absence, and is the Senior Official Member of the Executive Council. (b. 1940-)

1976-82 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Joyce Symmons

1977-82 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Ann Tse-kay

1982 Commissioner for Culture Elizabeth Chi-lieh Wong-Chien
1983-84 Deputy Secretary of Home Affairs
1984 Deputy Secretary of Assessment Office for Taxation
1984-86 Deputy Secretary of Lands and Works
1985-89 Deputy Secretary of Academy for Performing Arts
1986 Deputy Secretary of Culture and Municipal Services
1987-90 Director of Social Welfare
1990-94 Secretary of Health and Welfare
(b. 1937-)  

1983-95 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Dame Lydia Dunn
1988-95 Senior Member
Created Baroness Dunn, of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong and of Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1990.

1984-94 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Maria Tam Wai-chu

1984/1989-92 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai
President of the Provisorial Legislative Council 1996-98 and from 1998 President of the Legislative Council

1986-89 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Henrietta Ib Mang-hing

1987-2001 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Anson Chan-fang On Sang

1989-2002 Non-official Member of the Executive Council (Dame) Rosanna Tam Wong Yick-ming

1991-94 and 2003- Non-official Member of the Executive Council Selina Chow Liangt Shuk-Yee

1991-94 Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun
1994 Deputy Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands
1994-95 Senior Assistant Director of Housing
1995-97 Deputy Director of Housing
1997-98 Director of the Office of the Chief Executive
1998-2000 Director of Education
2000-02 Secretary of Education and Manpower 
2006-07 Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
In 2002 she was appointed Permanent Secretary of the same department.

1993-97 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Prof. Felice Lien Mak

1994-97 Secretary of Health and Welfare Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching

1994-97 Commissioner for Transport Lily Yam Kuang Pui-ying
1997-99 Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption  
1999-2000 Head of the Task Force on Re-Organization of Municipal Services
2000-02 Secretary of Environment and Food

1994-2003 Director of Health Dr. Margaret Chan
Worked in the UN since 2003, from 2007 Assistant Secretary General and Director of the WHO.

1994-95 Deputy Secretary of Transport Carrie Yau Tsang Ka-lai
1995     Deputy Information Co-ordinator
1995-97 Deputy Secretary of Security
1997-2000 Director of Administration
2000-02 Secretary of Information Technology and Broadcasting 
Appointed Permanent Secretary of Health, Welfare and Food in 2002.

1995-98 Secretary of Trade and Industry Denise Yue Chung-ye
1998-2002 Secretary for the Treasury  
2006- Secretary of Civil Service
Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Industry 2002-06.

1996-99 Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service Sandra Lee Suk-yee
2000-02 Secretary of Economic Services 
Counsellor in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs Office in Washington 1985-95, Deputy Director of Home Affairs 1995-96, Representative of the Special Autonomous Region of Hong Kong in London 1999-2000. The portfolio of Economic Services covered air services, port and maritime services, logistics development, tourism, energy, postal services, meteorological services, competition policy and consumer protection. In 2002 she was appointed Permanent Secretary for Economic Development and Labour.

1997-2005 Secretary of Justice Elise Jeung Oi Sie

1997-2002 Non-official Member of the Executive Council Nellie Fong Won Wong Kut-man

1997-2002 Deputy Secretary of the Civil Service Anissa Wong Sean-yee
2000  Acting Secretary of the Civil Service  
From 2002- Acting Permanent Secretary of the Civil Service.

1997-98 Director of Immigration Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
1998-2003 Secretary of Security
Member of the LegCo since 2008, she founded and became chairperson of the New People's Party from 2011, the same year she expressed interest for running in the elections for Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2012 but dropped out.

2002-07 Commissioner for Narcotics Clarie Lo Ku Ka-lee

2002-07 Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Dr Sarah Liao Sau-tung

2002 Acting Secretary of Housing Elaine Chung Lai-kwok
Deputy Secretary from around 2000.