The Hong Kong chief executive election in 2002 was the second time the Chief executive of Hong Kong

Chief Executive of Hong Kong

The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is the President of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and head of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The position was created to replace the Governor of Hong Kong, who was the head of the Hong Kong government during British rule...

 was selected by an election. It is also the first selection under which the territory was part of the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Approximately 800 members of the HK SAR Selection Committee

Election Committee

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 (推選委員會) nominated Tung Chee Hwa

Tung Chee Hwa

Tung Chee Hwa, GBM was the first Chief Executive and President of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China....

 with no competition.

History

Similar to the 1996 election

Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 1996

The first ever Hong Kong chief executive election was held on 11 December 1996. Since Hong Kong was then a British colony, election for the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China was held by the People's Republic of China authorities...

, the selection committee of 800 was formed almost entirely biased in favor of Beijing

Beijing

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's stance. In September 2000 PRC

People's Republic of China

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 Chinese vice premier

Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

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 Qian Qichen

Qian Qichen

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 requested Anson Chan

Anson Chan

Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang GBM GCMG CBE JP was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Hong Kong Island, succeeding the late legislator Ma Lik....

 to support Tung Chee-hwa as Chan was a formidable challenger to Tung. Both Qian and PRC Premier

Premier of the People's Republic of China

The Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , sometimes also referred to as the "Prime Minister" informally, is the Leader of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , who is the head of government and holds the highest-ranking of the Civil service of the...

 Zhu Rongji

Zhu Rongji

Zhū Róngjī is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987 and 1991, before serving as Vice-Premier and then the fifth Premier of the People's Republic of China from March 1998 to March 2003.A tough administrator, his time in office saw the...

expressed support for Tung's second term.

Result

On 28 February 2002, Tung handed in a nomination form with 762 of the 794 eligible members of the election committee supporting him. There was no challengers, not even token opposition.