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Donald Tsang

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Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (Chinese: 曾蔭權; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupying various positions in local administration, finance and trade before he was appointed Financial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1995, becoming the first ethnic Chinese to hold the position under British administration. He continued to serve in the Hong Kong SAR government after 1997 and gained his reputation internationally for his intervention in Hong Kong's stock market in defending the Hong Kong dollar's peg to the US dollar during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Tsang became the Chief Secretary for Administration in 2001 and ran for the Chief Executive in 2005 after incumbent Tung Chee-hwa resigned. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Tsang is the 9,814th most popular politician (down from 9,102nd in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Japan (down from 732nd in 2019) and the 268th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Donald Tsang ranks 9,814 out of 19,576Before him are Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Gala, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Simon I, Duke of Lorraine, Ljudevit, and Sisavath Keobounphanh. After him are Roger of Salerno, Armand Trousseau, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders, Jay Rockefeller, and Juan José Arévalo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Donald Tsang ranks 276Before him are Ene Ergma, Rocío Dúrcal, Kemal Sunal, Václav Nedomanský, Ron Harris, and Muhammad az-Zanati. After him are Arnon Milchan, Wesley Clark, Yury Romanenko, Rick Davies, Michael Buffer, and Terry Brooks.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Donald Tsang ranks 818 out of 6,245Before him are Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Isao Inokuma (1938), Chieko Hase (1956), and Tadashi Yanai (1949). After him are Isamu Chō (1895), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Prince Koreyasu (1264), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), and Hasui Kawase (1883).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Donald Tsang ranks 268Before him are Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Prince Munetaka (1242), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), and Atsuko Ikeda (1931). After him are Prince Koreyasu (1264), Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), Takako Shimazu (1939), Prince Hisaaki (1276), Gotō Shinpei (1857), and Keisai Eisen (1790).