Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (立法會, abbreviated LegCo) is the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Presidents of the Legislative Council

• Rita Fan (1997 - )
• Andrew Wong (1995 - 1997)
• John Joseph Swaine (1993 - 1995)

In February 1993, the governor ceased to be member and president of the council. The presidency was handed over to a member elected from among the unofficial members.

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• Chris Patten (1992 - 1993)

In 1991, a Deputy President was appointed by the governor from among the members to chair the sittings. The governor remained president and member, but systematically absented himself from most of the sittings.

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• Lord Wilson of Tillyorn (1987 - 1992)
• Sir Edward Youde (1982 - 1986)
• Lord MacLehose of Beoch (1971 - 1982)
• Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench (1964 - 1971)
• Sir Robert Brown Black (1958 - 1964)
• Sir Alexander Grantham (1947 - 1957)
• Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1941, 1946-1947)
• Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote (1937 - 1941)
• Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935 - 1937)
• Sir William Peel (1930 - 1935)
• Sir Cecil Clementi (1925 - 1930)
• Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919 - 1925)
• Sir Francis Henry May (1912 - 1919)
• Lord Frederick Lugard (1907- 1912)
• Sir Matthew Nathan (1904 - 1904)
• Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898 - 1903)
• Sir William Robinson (1890 - 1898)
• Sir George William Des Voeux (1887 - 1891)
• Sir George Ferguson Bowen (1883 - 1885)
• Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877 - 1882)
• Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1872-1877)
• Sir Richard Graves Macdonell (1866 - 1872)
• Lord Hercules George Robert Robinson (1859 - 1865)
• Sir John Bowring (1854 - 1859)
• Sir Samuel George Bonham (1848 - 1854)
• Sir John Francis Davis (1844 - 1848)
• Sir Henry Pottinger (1843 - 1844)