Editing Patrick Ho (section)

{{Short description|Hong Kong ophthalmologist and politician}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[He (surname)|Ho (何)]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Patrick Ho
| native_name         = {{nobold|何志平}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-hk
| honorific-suffix    = {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|size=100%|GBS|JP}}
| image               = Patrick Ho.jpg
| image_size          = 
| nationality         = [[Chinese nationality law|Chinese]] ([[Right of abode in Hong Kong|HK]])
| order               = [[Secretary for Home Affairs]]
| term_start          = 1 July 2002
| term_end            = 30 June 2007
| 1blankname          = Chief executive
| 1namedata           = [[Tung Chee-hwa]] <br /> Sir [[Donald Tsang]]
| predecessor         = [[Lam Woon-kwong]]
| successor           = [[Tsang Tak-sing]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1949|7|24|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| alma_mater          = [[Vanderbilt University]]
| spouse              = [[Sibelle Hu|Sibelle Hu Huizhong]] (m. 1997)
| children            = 1
}}
{{Chinese
| title = Ho Chi-ping (Patrick)
| t = 何志平
| sl = Ho<sup>4</sup> Ji<sup>3</sup> Ping<sup>4</sup>
| p = Hé Zhìpíng
| j = ho4 zi3 ping4
| y = hòh ji pìhng
}}
'''Patrick Ho Chi-ping''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|GBS|JP}} (born 24 July 1949 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong [[ophthalmologist]] turned politician.

He joined the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] and the [[Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR]].<ref name=thestandard20020621>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=17854&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020621&sear_year=2002|title= Tung delays naming new team|work= [[The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard]]|date=21 June 2002}}</ref> When the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] was introduced in 2002, [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]] [[Tung Chee-wah]] appointed Ho [[Secretary for Home Affairs]], a senior ministerial post.

He was convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018. The Medical Council of Hong Kong ruled that his name was removed from the General Register for a period of 1 year from May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=張嘉敏|date=2021-05-11|title=何志平涉美國賄賂案罪成 醫委會裁定專業失德 釘牌12個月|url=https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/623490/何志平涉美國賄賂案罪成-醫委會裁定專業失德-釘牌12個月|access-date=2021-05-11|website=香港01|language=zh-HK}}</ref>