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Carrie Lam
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former Chief Executive of Hong Kong
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Carrie Lam, born Cheng Yuet-ngor in 1957, is a politician and justice of the peace. She served as the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and previously held the position of Chief Secretary for Administration. Her career includes work in the acting department. She is a permanent resident of Hong Kong and has been affiliated with the Hong Kong SAR Government.
Lam was educated at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge. She received a Fulbright Scholarship and the Grand Bauhinia Medal. She speaks Hong Kong Cantonese, English, and Putonghua. Her ancestral home is Zhoushan, and she practices Catholicism. She was a candidate in the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.
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Film & TV
Hong Kong
Known for
- Paris, 13th District — Carrie Lam2021
- China's Rebel City: The Hong Kong Protests — Self2020
- 360° — Self (archive footage)2018
- Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation — Self (archive footage)2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- British Hong Kong
- Place of birth
- British Hong Kong
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- Hong Kong Cantonese
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Carrie Lam 2019-04-09 (1).jpg
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- Commons category
- Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
- date of birth
- 1957-05-13
- ancestral home
- Zhoushan
- name in native language
- 林鄭月娥
- permanent resident of
- Hong Kong
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject COVID-19
- candidacy in election
- 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
- base salary
- 568400
- P10632
- Carrie Lam
- affiliation string
- Hong Kong SAR Government
- birth name
- Cheng Yuet-ngor
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Encyclopedic overview
Lam announced that she will not participate in the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election Recorded 4 April 2022
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.
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