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Szeto Wah

1931 - 2011

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Szeto Wah (Chinese: 司徒華; 28 February 1931 – 2 January 2011) was a Hong Kong democracy activist and politician. He was the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1997 to 2004. Being one of the two icons of the Hong Kong democracy movement alongside Martin Lee, Szeto played an instrumental role in the emergence of the pro-democracy camp. Entering politics as a trade unionist for teachers, Szeto founded the influential Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and was first elected to the colonial legislature through the newly created Teaching functional constituency in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Szeto Wah is the 522nd most popular social activist (up from 541st in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 56th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Szeto Wah ranks 522 out of 840. Before him are Teuku Umar, Hawa Abdi, Katie Eder, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Tarab Abdul Hadi, and Meena Keshwar Kamal. After him are Vladimir Burtsev, Joseph Weydemeyer, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Annie Kenney, and Charu Majumdar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Szeto Wah ranks 429. Before him are Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Hans van Mierlo, Bengt Eriksson, Alena Vrzáňová, Índio, and Anton Moravčík. After him are Larry Lieber, Nicola Mancino, William Deane, Bob Shaw, Václav Hovorka, and Ingrid van Bergen. Among people deceased in 2011, Szeto Wah ranks 334. Before him are Walter Breuning, Robert Lamoureux, Cesare Rubini, Zoltán Berczik, Michael Sarrazin, and George Cadle Price. After him are Annette Charles, Ragnhild Hveger, Lewis Binford, Maurice Goldhaber, Nasser Hejazi, and Gilbert Adair.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Szeto Wah ranks 52 out of 115. Before him are Martin Lee (1938), Clara Blandick (1876), Ronny Yu (1950), René de Obaldia (1918), Freddie Wolff (1910), and Savio Hon (1950). After him are Anthony Wong (1961), Deanie Ip (1947), Carol Cheng (1957), Karen Mok (1970), Cecilia Cheung (1980), and Cherie Chung (1960).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Hong Kong

Among social activists born in Hong Kong, Szeto Wah ranks 1. After him are Marguerite Higgins (1920), and Joshua Wong (1996).

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