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Carrie Lam

1957 - Today

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Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (née Cheng; Chinese: 林鄭月娥; Cantonese Yale: Làhm Jehng Yuht-ngòh; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022, after serving as Chief Secretary for Administration for five years. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, Lam joined the British Hong Kong civil service in 1980 and served in various government agencies, including as Director of Social Welfare from 2000 to 2004 and Director General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London from 2004 to 2006. She became a key official in 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carrie Lam has received more than 2,442,706 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Carrie Lam is the 5,271st most popular politician (down from 4,276th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Hong Kong and the 2nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Carrie Lam is the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong. She is most famous for being the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

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  • 58.12

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  • 46

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  • 4.23

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  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carrie Lam ranks 5,271 out of 15,577Before her are García I of León, Leonardo Sciascia, Sextus Tarquinius, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, and Guntis Ulmanis. After her are Francis Walsingham, Diodotus I, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Hermann II, Count of Celje, Gerberga of Saxony, and Philip William, Prince of Orange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Carrie Lam ranks 44Before her are Caroline Kennedy, John Turturro, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Ivo Josipović, Anna Lindh, and Masayoshi Son. After her are Marita Koch, Stephen Fry, Hwang Kyo-ahn, Fran Drescher, Michael Cretu, and Yuen Biao.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Carrie Lam ranks 8 out of 106Before her are Sammo Hung (1952), Chow Yun-fat (1955), Leslie Cheung (1956), Ma Ying-jeou (1950), Stephen Chow (1962), and Katrina Kaif (1983). After her are Andy Lau (1961), Stanley Ho (1921), Yuen Biao (1957), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962), John Lone (1952), and Margaret Chan (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In Hong Kong

Among politicians born in Hong Kong, Carrie Lam ranks 2Before her are Ma Ying-jeou (1950). After her are Margaret Chan (1947), Leung Chun-ying (1954), Agnes Chow (1996), and Rory Stewart (1973).