Financial Secretary of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Financial Secretary 香港特別行政區財政司司長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent The Hon Paul Chan since 16 January 2016
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Government Secretariat Executive Council
Reports to	Legislative Council
Residence	45 Shouson Hill Road
Appointer	State Council of the People's Republic of China nomination by Chief Executive
Term length	No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term
Formation	1 July 1997
Website	FSO

The Financial Secretary (Chinese: 財政司司長) is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. The position is among the three most senior Principal Officials of the Government, second only to the Chief Secretary in the order of precedence (but not subordinate to the CS). Together with other secretaries, the Financial Secretary is accountable to the Legislative Council and the territory's Chief Executive (the Governor before the 1997 transfer of sovereignty) for his actions in supervising the formulation and implementation of financial and economic policies.

The position evolved out of the office of the Colonial Treasurer before 1940. The Financial Secretary is a member of the Executive Council, and gives advice to the Chief Executive in that capacity. He is also responsible for delivering the annual budget to the Legislative Council. To date, it is the only office among the three highest Principal Officials of the Government (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice/Attorney General) not to have been occupied by a woman.

The incumbent Financial Secretary is Paul Chan Mo-po.

Political party:   Nonpartisan