Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2017
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The 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election is scheduled on 26 March 2017 for the 5th term of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). After the government's controversial constitutional reform proposal being rejected by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), in the wake of a series of controversies and massive Occupy protests, the selecting method of the 2017 Chief Executive would remain chosen by the 1,200-member Election Committee (EC).
Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing became the first to announce his candidacy in October 2016, followed by Executive and Legislative Councillor and New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip on 15 December, after incumbent Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced he would not seek re-election, becoming the first Chief Executive who would serve only one term. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam and Financial Secretary John Tsang, both have resigned from their posts, formally announced their candidacy on 16 and 19 January respectively.
The highest office of Hong Kong, the Chief Executive, is currently elected by a 1,200-member Election Committee (EC) which is divided by various subsectors and dominated by the pro-Beijing politicians and tycoons. Since the Article 45 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong states the "ultimate aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures", the progress to universal suffrage has been the dominant issue in Hong Kong politics since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, in which the pan-democracy camp has demanded the full implementation of Article 45. In 2004 the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) ruled out universal suffrage in the 2012 Chief Executive election, but in 2007 ruled that the 2017 Chief Executive election "may be implemented by the method of universal suffrage".
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