Carrie Lam (politician)
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The Honourable Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor GBM, GBS, JP |
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| 林鄭月娥 | |
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| Chief Secretary for Administration | |
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In office 1 July 2012 – 16 January 2017 |
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| Chief Executive | Leung Chun-ying |
| Preceded by | Stephen Lam |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Cheung |
| Secretary for Development | |
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In office 1 July 2007 – 30 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by |
Sarah Liao (Secretary for Environment, Transport & Works) Michael Suen (Secretary for Housing, Planning & Lands) |
| Succeeded by | Mak Chai-kwong |
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Cheng Yuet-ngor 13 May 1957 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Spouse(s) | Lam Siu-por |
| Children | Lam Jit-si Lam Yeuk-hei |
| Alma mater |
St. Francis' Canossian College University of Hong Kong Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Traditional Chinese | 林鄭月娥 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 林郑月娥 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Zhèng Yuè'é |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Làhm Jehng Yuhtngòh |
| Jyutping | Lam4 Zeng6 Jyut6ngo4 |
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBM, GBS, JP (Chinese: 林鄭月娥; born 13 May 1957) is the former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong SAR Government, the most senior rank of principal officials of Hong Kong.
After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, Lam joined the civil service in 1980 and has served in various bureaux and departments. She became a principal official in 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. During her service, she earned the reputation as a "tough fighter" from her handling of the demolition of the Queen's Pier.
She became the Chief Secretary for Administration under Leung Chun-ying administration in 2012. She had headed the Task Force on Constitutional Development on the political reform from 2013 to 2015 and held talks with the student leaders during the large-scale occupation protests in 2014. She has announced her candidacy in the 2017 Chief Executive election after she resigned as Chief Secretary in January 2017.
Born to a low-income family of Zhoushan ancestry in Hong Kong, Lam was the fourth of five children. Lam grew up in Wan Chai that she finished her primary and secondary education at St. Francis' Canossian College, a catholic girls' school in the neighborhood. Despite being raised in a tong lau subdivided flat, which only allowed Lam to do her homework on a bunk bed, she still managed to always rank first in class and even became the Head Girl. Lam received three As, five Bs and a D in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination. Besides excelling in academics, she also developed her desire to serve people during her 13 years at St. Francis'.
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