Senior Unofficial Member
Historic Hong Kong government position / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the rank Senior Member in the US' Civil Air Patrol, see Civil Air Patrol § Senior members.
The Senior Unofficial Member, later Senior Member and, finally, Convenor of the Non-official Members, was the highest-ranking unofficial member of the Legislative Council (LegCo) and Executive Council (ExCo) of British Hong Kong, which was tasked with representing the opinions of all unofficial members of the council to the Governor.
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Traditional Chinese | 首席非官守議員 | ||||||||
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Senior Member | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 首席議員 | ||||||||
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Convenor of the Non-official Members | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 非官守議員召集人 | ||||||||
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Senior Chinese Unofficial Member | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 首席華人非官守議員 | ||||||||
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Ethnic Chinese members of either council were frequently referred to as "Chinese representatives" of the council before the introduction of elected seats in the LegCo; the most senior ethnic Chinese member was dubbed the "Senior Chinese Unofficial Member" (Chinese: 首席華人非官守議員) or "Senior Chinese Representative".