Leung Kwok-hung

The Honourable Leung Kwok-hung
梁國雄
Leung in his iconic Che Guevara T-shirt in 2005.
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 May 2010
Preceded by	Himself
Constituency	New Territories East
In office 1 October 2004 – 29 January 2010
Preceded by	Andrew Wong
Succeeded by	Himself
Chairman of the League of Social Democrats
In office 12 February 2012 – 21 February 2016
Preceded by	Andrew To
Succeeded by	Avery Ng
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-27) 27 March 1956 (age 61) Hong Kong
Nationality	Hong Kong Chinese
Political party	April Fifth Action (since 1991) League of Social Democrats (since 2006)
Other political affiliations	Revolutionary Marxist League (1975–91)
Residence	Kai Yip Estate, Kowloon Bay
Alma mater	Clementi Secondary School
Occupation	Legislative Councillor
Website	longhair.hk

Leung Kwok-hung (Chinese: 梁國雄; born 27 March 1956), also known as "Long Hair", is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He is currently the member of the Legislative Council, representing the New Territories East. Being a Trotskyist in his youth, he was the founding member of the Revolutionary Marxist League. He became a political icon with his long hair and Che Guevara T-shirt in the protests before he was elected to the Legislative Council in 2004. In 2006, he co-founded a social democratic party, League of Social Democrats (LSD) where he was the chairman from 2012 to 2016. In 2017, he announced his candidacy for Chief Executive.

Leung was born on 27 March 1956 in Hong Kong to an immigrant family from the Guangdong Province. Born in Shau Kei Wan, he later moved into Chai Wan Estate. He was raised in a single family after his father left home when Leung was 6 years old, while his mother was an amah in a British family to support the family and Leung had to live with relatives back in Shau Kei Wan who had seven children.

Leung was educated at the Clementi Secondary School. Leung credits his political awakening to the Cultural Revolution and the 1967 Hong Kong riots, participating in the "Maoist student movement". He and his mother were members of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU), the left-wing pro-communist labour union at the time. After the falls of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four which crushed the Maoist idealism, Leung reflected his political belief, and delved himself into Trotskyism under the influence of the social activist icons at that time such as Ng Chung-yin.