Lam backar inte: ”Det är ett viktigt lagförslag”

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBM, GBS (Chinese: 林鄭月娥; pinyin: Lín-Zhèng Yuè'é; born 13 May 1957) is a Hong Kong politician serving as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Previously, she served as the Chief Secretary for Administration, the most senior principal official, from 2012 to 2017. During her service as the 4th Chief Executive, there had been several controversial issues regarding policy planning and execution, in which she was sometimes named a "dictator" without concerning Hongkongers' opinions but strictly followed pro-Beijing orders. The discontent among Hong Kong locals resulted in increased emigration, as well as a nickname of ”777” based on the number of votes for Lam. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, Lam joined the civil service in 1980 and served in various bureaux and departments. She became a key official in 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. During her service, she earned the reputation as a "tough fighter" from her handling of the demolition of the Queen's Pier. She became Chief Secretary under the Leung Chun-ying administration in 2012. She headed the Task Force on Constitutional Development on the political reform from 2013 to 2015 and held talks with the student leaders during the large-scale occupation protests in 2014. In the 2017 Chief Executive election, Lam won the three-way election with 777 votes of the 1,194-member Election Committee as the Beijing-favoured candidate, beating former Financial Secretary John Tsang and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, becoming the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong.