Anson Chan — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as the first ethnic Chinese and woman Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1993 to 2001.
Joined the Hong Kong Civil Service in 1962.
Briefly served as a member of the Legislative Council in 2007.
Lobbied domestically and internationally for democracy and autonomy of Hong Kong until her retirement from public life in 2020.

Biography

Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang is a retired Hong Kong politician, civil servant, and stateswoman. Born in Shanghai in 1940, she moved to Hong Kong in 1948. Chan joined the Hong Kong Civil Service in 1962, becoming one of only two women to join the administrative service cadet at that time.