彭定康

繁體中文

彭定康（Chris Patten，1944–　）係英國保守黨主席出身，1992年7月出任香港最後一任總督。他上任後提出政改方案，擴大立法局直選成份、取消委任議席並改革功能組別選舉安排，方案引起中方不滿，中英就「直通車」安排談判破裂。1995年9月立法局選舉後，議會首次全部議席由選舉產生，民選程度達到殖民地時期最高；1996年12月董建華當選香港特別行政區首任行政長官。1997年6月30日午夜，主權交接儀式在香港會議展覽中心舉行，英國結束對香港一百五十五年嘅管治，彭定康隨之離任，港督一職正式走入歷史；他離任後返英從政，其後出任歐盟對外事務專員。

English

Chris Patten (born 1944), a former chairman of the British Conservative Party, became Hong Kong's last Governor in July 1992. He proposed sweeping constitutional reforms expanding directly elected seats in the Legislative Council, abolishing appointed seats and reshaping functional constituency voting; Beijing objected and Sino-British talks on the 'through train' arrangement broke down. After the September 1995 elections every Legislative Council seat was filled by election for the first time. In December 1996 Tung Chee-hwa was elected the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. At midnight on 30 June 1997 the handover ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, ending 155 years of British rule; Patten left office and the governorship passed into history.