Rimsky Yuen
Rimsky Yuen | |
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袁國強 | |
| 3rd Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1 July 2012 – 6 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Wong Yan-lung |
| Succeeded by | Teresa Cheng |
| Member of the Guangdong committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| In office March 2008 – March 2012 | |
| Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association | |
| In office January 2007 – January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Dykes |
| Succeeded by | Russell Coleman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1964 |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 袁國強 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 袁国强 | ||||||||||||
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Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung GBM SC JP (Chinese: 袁國強; born 17 June 1964) is a Hong Kong barrister who served as the third Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018.
Yuen was the chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2007 to 2010, as well as a member of the Guangdong Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, prior to his appointment as Secretary for Justice. His time in office coincided with various political controversies in which he played a central role. They include: the 2014–15 electoral reform which triggered the Occupy Central movement, the Legislative Council oath-taking saga which resulted in the disqualifications of six legislators, the 2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists, and the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link project which was the subject of a judicial review challenge. He currently practices from Temple Chambers in Hong Kong. He is registered as a barrister in Hong Kong and as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore.
Yuen was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong Government in 2017.