Carrie Lam elected as the first female leader of Hong Kong

Carrie Lam the former chief secretary and deputy to current Chief Executive CY Leun has been voted as the first female leader in Hong Kong. Lam was selected to be the fourth Hong Kong chief executive, with 777 votes from the 1,194-person committee with a total of 1,163 valid votes casted


Lam was chosen as Hong Kong's next leader amid accusations that Beijing had meddled in the election to ensure her victory and deny the financial hub a more populist leader.
 
Speaking to reporters after the result was announced, Lam thanked her rivals and members of the election committee "no matter who they voted for.

The first thing I will do is to repair our divided society so we can move forward together," she said.

"The task in these five years is great, but I will work with everyone to make a better Hong Kong" Lam added. 

Many of the city's opposition pro-democracy politicians and activists were opposed to Lam's selection by the election committee stacked with Beijing and pro-establishment loyalists, who spurned another more popular candidate, former finance chief John Tsang

Lam, the city's first female leader, will formally take office on July 1.