Jasper Tsang
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing GBM JP (Chinese: 曾鈺成; born 17 May 1947) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the founding member of the largest pro-Beijing party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) from 1992 to 2003 and the 2nd President of the Legislative Council from 2008 to 2016.
The Honourable Jasper Tsang Yok-sing | |
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曾鈺成 | |
| 2nd President of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 8 October 2008 – 30 September 2016 | |
| Deputy | Miriam Lau Andrew Leung |
| Preceded by | Rita Fan |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Leung |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Choy So-yuk |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Law |
| Constituency | Hong Kong Island |
| In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council) | |
| In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Starry Lee |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
| Non-official Member of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 15 October 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Tam Yiu-chung |
| Succeeded by | Lau Kong-wah |
| Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | |
| In office 10 July 1992 – 2 December 2003 | |
| Preceded by | New party |
| Succeeded by | Ma Lik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1947 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Young Sun-yee (divorced) Ng Kar-man (m. 2009) |
| Alma mater | St Paul's College University of Hong Kong (BA, Cert.Ed., MEd) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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| Traditional Chinese | 曾鈺成 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曾钰成 | ||||||||||||
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Graduated from the University of Hong Kong, Tsang chose to teach in the leftist Pui Kiu Middle School and became its principal before he stepped into politics in the 1980s. In 1992 he founded the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and first contested in the 1995 Legislative Council election in which he lost the race. He was elected in Kowloon West in the first Legislative Council election after the handover of Hong Kong in 1998. He was also the member of the Executive Council from 2002 to 2008.
He became the President of the Legislative Council in 2008. Due to his relatively fair and accommodating presiding styles and his relatively liberal image within the pro-Beijing camp, he enjoyed high popularity within his last years before his retirement from the Legislative Council in 2016. He also expressed interest in running in the 2012 and 2017 Chief Executive elections but did not stand eventually.