Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Home Affairs 民政事務局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Lau Kong-wah since 21 July 2015
Home Affairs Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	David Lan
Formation	1 July 1997
Website	HAB

The Secretary for Home Affairs (Chinese: 民政事務局局長) is the head of the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services.

List of office holders

Colonial period

Registrar-Generals

• James Haldane Stewart Lockhart 1887–1901

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

• Norman Lockhart Smith 1934–1936
• Ronald Holmes 1966–1969

Secretariat for Home Affairs

• Ronald Holmes 1969–1971
• Donald Luddington 1971-1973
• Jack Cater 1973
• Denis Bray 1973-1977
• Li Fook Kow 1977-1980
• Denis Bray 1980-1985

Secretary for District Administration

• David Akers-Jones 1981–1985
• Donald Liao 1985–1989

Secretary for Home Affairs

• Peter Tsao 1989–1991
• Michael Suen 1991–1997

After transfer of the sovereignty to People's Republic of China

Politiical party:   Nonpartisan   Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		David Lan Hong-tsung 藍鴻震	1 July 1997	9 July 2000	3 years, 8 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Lam Woon-kwong 林煥光	10 July 2000	30 June 2002	1 year, 355 days
							2
3		Patrick Ho Chi-ping 何志平	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	4 years, 364 days
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
4		Tsang Tak-sing 曾德成	1 July 2007	21 July 2015	8 years, 20 days		3
						Leung Chun-ying (Since 2012)	4
style="background:Template:DABHK/meta/color" align=center| 5		Lau Kong-wah 劉江華	21 July 2015	Incumbent	8 years, 322 days