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Tung Chee-hwa

1937 - Today

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Tung Chee-hwa (Chinese: 董建華; born May 29, 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2005 and 2023. Born as the eldest son of Chinese shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung, who founded Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), Tung took over the family business after his father's death in 1981. Four years later, OOCL teetered on the edge of bankruptcy, and the business was saved by the People's Republic of China government through Henry Fok in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tung Chee-hwa is the 12,369th most popular politician (down from 8,037th in 2019), the 774th most popular biography from China (down from 587th in 2019) and the 401st most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tung Chee-hwa ranks 12,369 out of 19,576. Before him are Jamil Mardam Bey, Melchior Ndadaye, Rickard Sandler, Filipp Makharadze, Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux, and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. After him are Kalkot Mataskelekele, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Karl Staaff, Tengiz Sigua, and Caecilia Paulina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tung Chee-hwa ranks 264. Before him are Andrija Anković, Robert Paul, Dan Shomron, Lois Lowry, Grace Bumbry, and Allen Jones. After him are Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Todd Armstrong, Ludvík Daněk, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, and Manoj Kumar.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tung Chee-hwa ranks 774 out of 1,610. Before him are Xu Xiangqian (1901), Shi Jingtang (892), Deng Sui (81), Rong Yiren (1916), Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), and Chögyam Trungpa (1939). After him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Wei Yuan (1794), Yikuang (1838), Yang Jiechi (1950), and Li Zhanshu (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Tung Chee-hwa ranks 401. Before him are Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Deng Sui (81), Rong Yiren (1916), and Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510). After him are Yikuang (1838), Yang Jiechi (1950), Li Zhanshu (1950), Qiao Shi (1924), Zhang Dejiang (1946), and Zhou Fohai (1897).

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