Andrew Leung (梁君彥)
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, GBS, JP is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency.
From October 2012 to October 2016, he was the chairman of Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), the second largest party in the legislature.
梁君彥（Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen，1951年－），廣東順德人，曾任第6至7屆香港立法會主席。他具備英國列斯大學學士學位，早期深耕工業界，曾任香港生產力促進局主席，2004年起連任立法會議員，曾任經民聯主席，2020年獲頒大紫荊勳章。
以下是梁君彥的生平重點：
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早年與工業界背景： 在香港出生，曾在英國留學。家族經營針織業，曾擔任香港羊毛化纖針織業廠商會名譽主席、香港工業總會主席等職位，為工業界（第一）功能界別議員。
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從政生涯： 2004年循工業界（第一）功能界別當選立法會議員。早期為自由黨成員，2008年退出並與林健鋒等人組成「經濟動力」，後為經民聯創黨主席。
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立法會主席： 2016年當選第六屆立法會主席，2022年連任第七屆立法會主席。任內經歷了香港政局「由亂到治」的轉變，主持多項重要法案通過。
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個人榮譽： 1996年成為非官守太平紳士，1997年獲MBE勳銜，2004年獲銀紫荊星章，2010年獲金紫荊星章，2020年獲大紫荊勳章。
梁君彥在工業與商界具高知名度，其從政軌跡從功能組別議員逐步走向立法會最高領導職位。
Early Life
Andrew Leung was born on 24 February 1951 to a family who run a textile factory, the Sun Hing knitting company. He was educated in the University of Leeds and joined his father's family business. In 1970, he set up the Sun Hing Knitting Factory in Kwai Chung and became the chairman of the company.
Leung joined the Hong Kong Woollen & Synthetic Knitting Manufacturers' Association, the chamber of commerce of the manufacturing companies, in which he later became the honorary president in 1997. He has been the chairman and Honorary Chairman of the Textile Council of Hong Kong and the member, Deputy chairman and Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.
Public Career
He stepped down in 2004 after he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and became the Honorary chairman.
He has been the committee member of both Textile and Clothing Industry Training Board in the 1980s, and became a member of Vocational Training Council (VTC) board of directors in 1998, he was then appointed as the chairman of VTC from 2006 to 2012. He has also held many positions including Chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (2003–2009), council member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (2010–2016), a member of the Economic Development Commission (2013–2017), the Deputy Chairman of the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee (2012–2016), a non-executive director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (2009–2015) and a Director of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited.
He was awarded Justice of the Peace in 1996 and Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to the textile industry in 1997.
Legislative Councillor
In the 2004 Legislative Council election, he replaced Kenneth Ting Woo-shou to be elected uncontestedly to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong through the Industrial (First) functional constituency which was elected by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, representing the Liberal Party.
Leung split apart from the Liberal Party in October 2008 with Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung and Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun after the defeat of the party in the 2008 Legislative Council election in September and the resignation of chairman James Tien Pei-chun. In June 2009, the three legislators formed the Economic Synergy which later co-founded the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) in 2012 which Leung became the founding Chairman of the new party.
Leung was also the committee member of 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He received the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) and the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2004 and 2010 respectively.
President of Legislative Council
After the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Election, Leung was handpicked by the pro-Beijing camp to be their candidate for the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong left over by the retiring Jasper Tsang, after potential candidates New People's Party's Michael Tien and nonpartisan Paul Tse withdrew their nominations, implicitly citing the influence of the Liaison Office.
Leung was questioned by the opposition over his British nationality which he renounced right before the vote and his close business ties with 11 companies in which he held shares and was the directors of seven of them.
On the first meeting of the Legislative Council, Leung was elected as president in the middle of chaos as the pan-democrats and localists tore up their ballot papers and stormed out of the meeting room before the vote. As a result, Leung received 38 votes against pro-democrat nominee James To's zero with three blank ballots.
On 29 September 2025, Leung announced his retirement from LegCo after his discussion with his family.
