Tung Chee-hwa

Tung Chee-hwa
The Honourable; Tung Chee-hwa; GBM
	董建華
1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
	In office; 1 July 1997 – 12 March 2005
Preceded by	Office created; Chris Patten (Governor of Hong Kong)
Succeeded by	Donald Tsang
Vice Chairman of the National; Committee of the Chinese People's; Political Consultative Conference
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 March 2005
Chairman	Jia Qinglin; Yu Zhengsheng; Wang Yang
Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
	In office; 7 October 1992 – 3 June 1996
Appointed by	Chris Patten
Personal details
Born	7 July 1937 (age 83); Shanghai, China
Nationality	Hong Kong Chinese
Spouse(s)	Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping
Children	Alan Tung Lieh-sing; Andrew Tung Lieh-cheung; Audrey Slighton Tung Lieh-yuan
Residence	Beijing, China ; Hong Kong
Alma mater	University of Liverpool
Occupation	Businessman
Honorary degree	2006: DSSc, HKUST; 2007: LL.D., CUHK
Signature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	董建華
Simplified Chinese	董建华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dǒng Jiànhuá
IPA	[tʊ̀ŋ tɕjɛ̂n.xwǎ]
Wu
Romanization	Ton Cie Wa
Hakka
Romanization	Dung3 Gien4 Fa2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Dúng Gin wàh
IPA	[tʊ̌ŋ kīːn wȁː]
Jyutping	Dung2 Gin3 Waa4

Tung Chee-hwa, GBM (Chinese: 董建華; born 7 July 1937) is a Shanghai-born Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997 to 12 March 2005. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).