Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam won’t seek second term

Published April 4, 2022 7:30am ET



Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Monday that she will not seek a second five-year term to be the leader of the region.

Her tenure has been marked by mass pro-democracy protests in 2019, the criminalization of political protest, and, most recently, a COVID-19 wave in China’s special administrative district. Her term ends on June 30, and her successor will be chosen in May.

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