Patrick Ho
Patrick Ho | |
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何志平 | |
| Secretary for Home Affairs | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2007 | |
| Chief executive | Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Lam Woon-kwong |
| Succeeded by | Tsang Tak-sing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1949 |
| Spouse | Sibelle Hu Huizhong (m. 1997) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
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Patrick Ho Chi-ping GBS JP (born 24 July 1949 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong ophthalmologist turned politician.
He joined the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR. When the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in 2002, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-wah appointed Ho Secretary for Home Affairs, a senior ministerial post.
He was convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment and released in June 2020. The Medical Council of Hong Kong ruled that his name was removed from the General Register for a period of 1 year from May 2021.