Albert Ho Chun-yan
| Albert Ho Chun-yan | |
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| 何俊仁 | |
Albert Ho in 2016
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| Chairman of the Democratic Party | |
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In office 17 December 2006 – 10 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Wing-tat |
| Succeeded by | Emily Lau |
| Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China | |
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Assumed office 15 December 2014 |
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| Deputy |
Richard Tsoi Mak Hoi-wah |
| Preceded by | Lee Cheuk-yan |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council |
| Constituency | New Territories West |
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In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | New parliament |
| Succeeded by | Kwok Ka-ki |
| Constituency | New Territories West |
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In office 1 October 2012 – 30 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Roy Kwong |
| Constituency | District Council (Second) |
| Personal details | |
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1 December 1951 British Hong Kong |
| Political party |
Hong Kong Affairs Society (1985–90) United Democrats (1990–94) Democratic Party (since 1994) |
| Spouse(s) | Tang Suk-yee |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
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| Traditional Chinese | 何俊仁 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hòh Jeun Yàhn |
| Jyutping | Ho4 Zeon3 Yan4 |
Albert Ho Chun-yan (Chinese: 何俊仁; born 1 December 1951) is a solicitor and politician in Hong Kong. He is the current chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and former chairman of the Democratic Party from 2006 to 2012. He is a solicitor and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for District Council (Second) constituency.
In 2013, Ho grabbed international headlines after it was revealed that he had assisted Edward Snowden during the latter's stay in Hong Kong.
Ho was born in what was then British Hong Kong on 1 December 1951 in a big family with six children. His father worked in a shipping company by day and as a translator by night, along with two other jobs that he had. Ho earned his Bachelor of Laws with honors from the University of Hong Kong in 1974. He went on to obtain his postgraduate Certificate in Laws the following year.
He attended lectures given by Hsu Kwan-san, a Chinese historian who later became a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, whom Ho cited his political belief and Chinese national sentiment were influenced by. During his college life, he developed his liberal ideals and actively involved in student politics and campaigned for Mak Hoi-wah who ran for the Hong Kong University Students' Union against the Maoist nationalists who dominated the student union in the 1970s.
Ho was admitted as a solicitor in July 1977 and appointed a notary public in 1988. He worked for Messrs. C.Y. Kwan & Co. as a solicitor for almost 20 years before departing to set up his own law firm, Ho, Tse, Wai & Partners. His litigation experience ranges from cases related to banking and commercial law to land law and matrimonial disputes, and also in criminal and medical negligence cases. He has done a number of human rights cases on a pro-bono basis for the pan-democracy camp.
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