HONG KONG - Tung Chee-hwa, who served as Hong Kong's first chief executive after the Chinese territory's return from British rule in 1997, died Tuesday, his office said. He was 89.
Tung died in a hospital, according to local media.
He resigned in 2005 during his second term after popular opposition to enacting national security legislation in postcolonial Hong Kong.
A pro-Beijing veteran politician, Tung later served as vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a top political advisory body.
He last appeared in public in July 2021. Local media said he received a heart surgery in September that year.
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