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Former Hong Kong senior civil servant and politician

This is a Hong Kong name; Fang is the maiden name and Chan is the married name.

This article is about the Hong Kong female politician. For the Hong Kong male singer, see Ansonbean.

Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP (Chinese: 陳方安生; née Fang; born 17 January ) is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from until she retired from the government in , sparking speculations of her growing rift with Chief ExecutiveTung Chee-hwa.^[1]

Enjoying wide popularity during her tenure and often dubbed as "Iron Lady" and the "Conscience of Hong Kong", Chan became increasingly outspoken about pushing for a faster pace of the democratisation in Hong Kong and Anson Chan - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia KIGO