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John Tsang

Politician

John Tsang is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	John Tsang · Джон Цзэн · جون زنج · جون زنغ · 曽俊華 · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	John Tsang Chun-Wah				[sources]
Birth date	1951-04-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Hong Kong				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	China · Hong Kong SAR				[sources]
Citizenship	China · United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Last name	Tsang				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19225				[sources]
Position	Director of the Chief Executive's Office (2006-2007) · Financial Secretary (2007-2017) · Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (2003-2006)				[sources]
Education	Boston State College · John F. Kennedy School of Government · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Stuyvesant High School · University of Massachusetts Boston				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-05	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2024-09-03

Descriptions

Hong Kong Government offical

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-09-05

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Tsang Wong Lynn-wah Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Financial Secretary	2007-07-01	2017-01-16

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,039

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,207

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