Tung Chee-hwa

Common card · No. 203493

Tung Chee-hwa (Chinese: 董建華; 7 July 1937 – 8 September 2026) was a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2005 and 2023. Born as the eldest son of Chinese shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung, who founded Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), Tung took over the family business after his father's death in 1981. Four years later, OOCL teetered on the edge of bankruptcy, and the business was saved by the People's Republic of China government through Henry Fok in 1986. Tung was appointed as an unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong by last British Governor Chris Patten in 1992 and was tipped as Beijing's favourite as the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR. In 1996, he was elected the Chief Executive by a 400-member Selection Committee. His government was...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Department of Labor. Office of Public Affairs. Division of Audiovisual Communications. ca. 1992- (Most Recent), Public domain