Andrew Li
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Andrew Li Kwok-nang (李國能) (b. 1948) is a judge in Hong Kong, and he is currently Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Born into an illustrious aristocratic family in Hong Kong, Li received his early education in Derbyshire, England. After obtaining an M.A. and a LL.B. from the University of Cambridge, where he was a scholar in 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, One of Her Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Laws in 1988 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 1991.
In 1992, he was appointed at-large member of the Executive Council (cabinet) of Chris Patten, last British governor of Hong Kong, and was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the 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 back to China. He has since developed a moderate jurisprudence, as has been an effective leader and coalition builder of the Court of Final Appeal.
Aside from discharging his judicial duties, Chief Justice Li was also a steward of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.