2019 in Hong Kong

Incumbents

Executive branch

• Chief Executive: Carrie Lam
• * Chief Secretary for Administration: Matthew Cheung
• * Financial Secretary: Paul Mo-po Chan
• * Secretary for Justice: Teresa Cheng

  Legislative branch

• President of the Legislative Council: Andrew Leung

  Judicial branch

• Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal: Geoffrey Ma

  Events

• Cheating scandal between Andy Hui and Jacqueline Wong
• March 29 - the Government gazettes the extradition bill.
• June 17 - Joshua Wong was released from prison.
• July 1 - Protesters stormed LegCo.
• July 21 - After the Yuen Long attack, no arrest were made by the police upon investigation at a nearby village that night.
• August 15 - Democracy activist Benny Tai released on bail.
• August 22 — Protests enter their 12th week as police reintroduced water-cannons and tear gas.
• October 5 - The Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation begins.
• November 11 - The conflict at Chinese University begins.
• November 24 — In the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, The pro-democracy camp achieved its biggest landslide victory in the history of Hong Kong, gaining control of 17 of the 18 District Councils and tripling their seats from around 124 to about 388.
• November 27 — United States signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act that requires the U.S. government to impose sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials.
• November 29 - As the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University ends, the University takes back the control of the campus.

  Deaths

• 3 January – Michael Yeung, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
• 12 January – Patrick Yu, barrister, Hong Kong's first Chinese prosecutor.
• 11 March – Peter Wong Man-kong, shipping magnate and politician.