Alan Leong Kah-kit
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Alan Leong Kah-kit SC |
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| 梁家傑 | |
Leong in 2015
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| Chairman of the Civic Party | |
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Assumed office 19 November 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Audrey Eu |
| Leader of the Civic Party | |
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In office 8 January 2011 – 30 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Audrey Eu |
| Succeeded by | Alvin Yeung (Acting) |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Tam |
| Constituency | Kowloon East |
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22 February 1958 British Hong Kong |
| Political party | Civic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Chen Suk-yi |
| Alma mater |
La Salle Primary School Wah Yan College, Kowloon University of Hong Kong Hughes Hall, Cambridge |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁家傑 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Lèuhng Gā-giht |
| Jyutping | Loeng4 Gaa1git6 |
Alan Leong Kah-kit (Chinese: 梁家傑; born 22 February 1958), SC is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency, and the sitting-Chairman of the Civic Party. He was also vice-chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council.
Leong graduated with an LLB from the University of Hong Kong and an LLM from Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. He was chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association from 2001 to 2003.
As chairperson of Hong Kong Bar Association, he mobilised many barristers to participate in the July 1 protests. He won a seat in the Legislative Council in the 2004 election.
In January 2011, Leong was elected the second leader of the Civic Party, replacing Audrey Eu.
Leong was nominated by the Civic Party as its party candidate for the Chief Executive election in 2007. He was also supported by the pan-democrats, including the Democratic Party.
Leong later secured 132 nominations and became the first Pan-democracy camp candidate to succeed in joining the Chief Executive election. In the end Leong lost to Donald Tsang in the CE election on 25 March 2007, gaining 123 votes from the 800-member Election Committee.
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