John Tsang

The Honourable John C Tsang GBM, JP
曾俊華
Tsang in 2016
4th Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
In office 1 July 2007 – 16 January 2017
Chief Executive	Donald Tsang Leung Chun-ying
Preceded by	Henry Tang
Succeeded by	Paul Chan
Director of the Chief Executive's Office
In office 24 January 2006 – 30 June 2007
Chief Executive	Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Lam Woon-kwong
Succeeded by	Norman Chan
2nd Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
In office 4 August 2003 – 24 January 2006
Chief Executive	Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Henry Tang
Succeeded by	Joseph Wong
Personal details
Born	Mui Chun-wah[1] (1951-04-21) 21 April 1951 (age 73) Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Nationality	American (1965–1998) Chinese (Hong Kong) (since 1997)
Spouse	Wong Lynn Wah ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	Terence · Prudence
Parent(s)	Tsang Cheuk-ho Li Pik-sheung
Education	La Salle College Stuyvesant High School
Alma mater	MIT School of Architecture and Planning (BS) Boston State College (MA) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)
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John Tsang Chun-wah, GBM, JP (Chinese: 曾俊華; born Mui; born 21 April 1951) is a Hong Kong former senior civil servant and government official who was the longest-serving Financial Secretary of Hong Kong SAR to date, from 2007 to 2017.

Born in Hong Kong and raised and educated in the United States, Tsang received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master in public administration from Harvard University. Tsang returned to Hong Kong and joined the government in 1982. He was the private secretary to the last colonial governor Chris Patten. After the handover, he served as Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology from 2003 to 2006 and as director of the Office of the Chief Executive in Donald Tsang administration from 2006 to 2007.

In July 2007, he was appointed Financial Secretary of Hong Kong by Donald Tsang. He proposed the Scheme $6,000 tax rebate to all Hong Kong residents in his 2011 Budget. He continued to serve as Financial Secretary in the Leung Chun-ying administration until January 2017, when he resigned to run in the 2017 Chief Executive election. Despite his lead in the opinion poll by large margin throughout the campaign, he lost the bid to Carrie Lam.

Tsang is currently engaged in a number of diverse activities. He is founder of Esperanza (a non-profit organisation), vice chairman of Ion Pacific (a financial institution that specialises in technology investments), senior advisor of Bowtie (a virtual insurance company), host of a weekly music programme on the private Commercial Radio, and fencing coach of the secondary school La Salle College.