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Place of Birth: Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Date of Birth: 12 August, 1954
Ethnicity: Han Chinese
Leung Chun-ying is a Hong Kong politician. He has been Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, since 28 February, 2017, and, previously, from 16 March, 2003 to 21 June, 2012; and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, since 13 March, 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council, from 21 December, 1996 to 30 June, 1998, Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council, from 1 July, 1999 to 3 October, 2011, and Chief Executive of Hong Kong, from 1 July, 2012 to 30 June, 2017.
He is the son of Leung Zung-jan and Kong Sau-zi. He is married to solicitor Regina Tong Ching-yee, with whom he has three children.
CY’s ancestral origin is Shandong, China.