Rita Fan

The Honourable Rita Fan GBM GBS CBE JP
范徐麗泰
Fan in 2019
Member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee
In office March 2008 – 18 March 2018
Preceded by	Tsang Hin-chi
Succeeded by	Tam Yiu-chung
1st President of the Legislative Council
In office 25 January 1997 – 30 September 2008
Chief Executive	Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Andrew Wong (as President of the colonial Legislative Council)
Succeeded by	Jasper Tsang
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council
In office 1 January 1989 – 7 October 1992
Appointed by	Sir David Wilson
Member of the Legislative Council
In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2008
Succeeded by	Cyd Ho
Constituency	Hong Kong Island
In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2004
Constituency	Election Committee
In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council)
In office 1 September 1983 – 6 October 1992
Appointed by	Sir Edward Youde Sir David Wilson
Personal details
Born	Hsu Ching-li (1945-09-20) 20 September 1945 (age 78) Shanghai, Republic of China
Political party	Liberal Party (until 1998) Independent (since 1998)
Spouse	Stephen Fan Sheung-tak ​ ​ (m. 1974; died 2004)​
Relations	Hsu Ta Tung (father)
Children	2
Residence	Hong Kong
Education	St. Stephen's Girls' College
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (BS, MS)
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Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai GBM GBS CBE JP (Chinese: 范徐麗泰; née Hsu; born Hsu Ching-li; born 20 September 1945) is a senior Hong Kong politician. She was the first President of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council from 1998 to 2008 and a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC).

First stepping into politics when she was appointed to the colonial Legislative Council in 1983, she rose to the Executive Council in 1989 until she resigned from the colonial services in 1992. She developed a close relationship with the Beijing authorities subsequently, assuming the office of the President of the Beijing-installed Provisional Legislative Council on the eve of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong. She continued her position as the President of the SAR Legislative Council and first contested in the geographical constituency direct election in Hong Kong Island in 2004.

Shortly before retiring from the Legislative Council in 2008, Fan became the member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2008, where she had been the Hong Kong deputy of the national legislature from 1997. She served in the Standing Committee until her retirement in 2018.