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Preceded by
  
Margaret Ng

Name
  
Dennis Kwok

Religion
  
Christianity


Occupation
  
Barrister

Constituency
  
Legal

Role
  
Legislator

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Born
  
15 April 1978 (age 45) Hong Kong (
1978-04-15
)

Alma mater
  
King's College London (LL.B) University of Hong Kong (PCLL)

Education
  
King's College London, University of Hong Kong

Political party
  
Civic Party, Professional Commons

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Dennis Kwok Wing-hang (Chinese: 郭榮鏗; born 1978 in Hong Kong) is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council representing the Legal functional constituency from 2012 to 2016 and a founding member of Civic Party. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee and the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services under the Hong Kong Legislative Council.

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Early career

He was educated at King's College London (LLB, 1999) and the University of Hong Kong (PCLL). He was admitted as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong in 2002 and to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales in 2003.

He subsequently left his practice as a solicitor to join the Bar in 2006 with a focus in civil and public administrative law. In 2008, he served on the Bar Council.

Political career

In 2006, Dennis was elected as an Election Committee Member for the Legal Functional Constituency, and was re-elected in 2011.

In 2007, he co-founded The Professional Commons, a public policy think-tank, and in 2008, he joined the Citizens Commission for Constitutional Development headed by the former Chief Secretary, Mrs. Anson Chan.

He took part in the 2011 District Council Election (South Horizons East constituency) but he was defeated.

In 2012, he succeeded Margaret Ng and won the seat of Legal functional constituency in Legislative Council.

References

Dennis Kwok Wikipedia