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John Lee, also called John Lee Ka-Chiu, (born December 1957, Hong Kong [now in China]), government official and former police officer in Hong Kong who in 2022 became the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China. Lee was born and raised in Hong Kong.

Former security chief John Lee Ka-chiu has been sworn in as Hong Kong's next leader, in what is widely seen as a move by the Chinese government to tighten its grip on the city. He is replacing...

John Lee Ka-chiu’s election as Hong Kong’s new chief executive signals a decisive turn in the territory’s lurch toward Beijing-style authoritarian rule. Lee, the territory’s former secretary of...

John Lee Ka-chiu became the sixth-term chief executive-elect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Sunday. Lee was born in December 1957 in a working-class family in Hong Kong, but his family can be traced back to Panyu, now a district of the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

John Lee Ka-chiu was elected as the new chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Sunday. Not long ago during his campaign, he vowed to open a new chapter for Hong Kong...

John Lee Ka-chiu is also a member of the Executive Council of the HKSAR government, an organ for assisting the Chief Executive in policy-making, and has introduced a new police unit dedicated to enforcing the Hong Kong National Security Law which will have intelligence gathering and investigation capabilities.

With this in mind, the Election Committee, on May 8, selected John Lee Ka-chiu, who secured 99.16 percent of the ballots cast, as Hong Kong's sixth-term chief executive designate. Although the Central Government has yet to appoint him, the voters clearly considered Lee has what it takes to lead Hong Kong, for obvious reasons.

Hong Kong chief executive hopeful John Lee Ka-chiu has garnered support from many of the city’s big guns for his leadership bid, but those closest to him have so far opted to stay out of the...