Andrew Li
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'''Andrew Li Kwok-nang''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ({{zh-ts|t=李國能|s=李国能}}, born December, 1948) is a [[judge]] in [[Hong Kong]], and is currently [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Court of Final Appeal]] of the [[Hong Kong|Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China]] (HKSAR) - a position second only to the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]] in the [[Hong Kong order of precedence|Hong Kong Precedence list]]. He was appointed after the 1997 Hong Kong hand-over.
Born into an illustrious aristocratic family in Hong Kong, Li received his early education at [[St. Paul's Co-educational College]], and then at [[Repton School]] in [[Derbyshire]], [[England]]. After obtaining an M.A. and an LL.B. from the [[University of Cambridge]], where he was a scholar at Fitzwilliam College, he passed his bar finals in 1973 and commenced his practice of [[law]] in Hong Kong.
He was appointed a Deputy (part time) Judge of the District Court of Hong Kong in 1982, a [[Justice of the Peace]] in 1985, Queen's Counsel in 1988 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 1991.
In 1992, he was appointed at-large member of the Executive Council of Chris Patten (later [[Lord Patten]]), last British governor of Hong Kong, and was appointed Commander of the Order of British Empire the same year.
In 1997, Li was elevated to Chief Justiceship by [[Tung Chee-Hwa]], the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after the British hand-over of the territory to the People's Republic of China. He has since developed a moderate jurisprudence, a coalition builder of the [[Court of Final Appeal]].
Aside from discharging his judicial duties, Chief Justice Li was also a steward of the [[Hong Kong Jockey Club]]. He is known to actively socialize with senior members of the Hong Kong and Chinese government and was recently featured in a portrait to celebrate the Hong Kong hand-over, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and other political leaders from mainland China.
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| title = [[Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal]]
| years = 1997—
| before = Position created in 1997 replacing [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong]]
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| title = [[Hong Kong order of precedence]]
| years = As of 2008
| before = [[Donald Tsang]], Chief Executive of Hong Kong
| after = [[Henry Tang]], Chief Secretary for Administration
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal|L]]
[[Category:Hong Kong judges]]
[[Category:Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)]]
[[Category:Senior counsels of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)]]
[[Category:Old Reptonians]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:People from Heshan|L]]
[[zh:李國能]]