Tung Chee-hwa

The Honourable Tung Chee-hwa GBM
董建華
1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
In office 1 July 1997 – 12 March 2005
President	Jiang Zemin Hu Jintao
Premier	Li Peng Zhu Rongji Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Office created Chris Patten (Governor of Hong Kong)
Succeeded by	Donald Tsang
Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 March 2005
Chairman	Jia Qinglin Yu Zhengsheng Wang Yang
Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office 7 October 1992 – 3 June 1996
Appointed by	Chris Patten
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-07) 7 July 1937 (age 87) Shanghai, China
Nationality	Hong Kong Chinese
Spouse(s)	Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping[1]
Children	Alan Tung Lieh-sing[2] Andrew Tung Lieh-cheung[3] Audrey Slighton Tung Lieh-yuan[4]
Residence	Beijing, China Hong Kong
Alma mater	University of Liverpool
Occupation	Businessman
Honorary degree	2006: DSSc, HKUST 2007: LL.D., CUHK
Signature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	董建華
Simplified Chinese	董建华
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dǒng Jiànhuá IPA [tʊ̀ŋ tɕjɛ̂n.xwǎ] Wu Romanization Ton Cie Wa Hakka Romanization Dung3 Gien4 Fa2[5] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Dúng Gin wàh IPA [tʊ̌ŋ kīːn wȁː] Jyutping Dung2 Gin3 Waa4

Tung Chee-hwa, GBM (Chinese: 董建華; born 7 July 1937) is a Shanghai-born Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997 to 12 March 2005. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

1. ↑ First Lady on the go, South China Morning Post, 25 July 1997
2. ↑ "Corporate Information - Mr. TUNG Lieh Cheung Andrew". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
3. ↑ Corporate Information - TUNG Lieh Sing Alan
4. ↑ Wedding Planned By Audrey Tung, The New York Times, July 20, 1986
5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Association for Conversation of Hong Kong Indigenous Languages Online Dictionary for Hong Kong Hakka and Hong Kong Punti (Weitou dialect)