立法會及區議會議員 / Legislator / district councillor

楊森

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

1991年–2008年

領域:學者與科學家 · 社會工作者 · 政治人物

繁體中文

楊森是香港政治人物及社會工作學者,香港民主黨前主席。他於一九四七年十一月二十二日在廣州出生,籍貫廣東增城,父親曾任國民黨軍官,其後舉家遷居香港。他畢業於香港大學,取得社會科學學士學位,其後赴英國約克大學取得文學碩士,再返香港大學取得哲學博士學位,長期在母校社會工作及社會行政學系任教;他在香港大學聖約翰學院就讀期間,曾任該院學生會主席。他是政治團體「匯點」的創會成員之一,「匯點」於一九八三年由一群香港大學畢業生創立,主張理性議政及推動民主發展;一九九四年,「匯點」與香港民主同盟等合組成香港民主黨,他亦因而成為民主黨的創黨成員,並留任副主席。一九九一年起,他出任立法局議員,其後多屆連任;回歸後於一九九八年至二○○八年連續三屆循香港島地方選區出任立法會議員,至二○○八年不再競逐連任,改在名單中排名第二,力推黨友甘乃威接棒,最終甘乃威成功當選。二○○二年至二○○四年,他接替李柱銘出任民主黨主席,成為該黨第二任主席,並領導該黨參與二○○三年區議會選舉及二○○四年立法會選舉。在議會內外,他關注社會福利、勞工、教育及政制發展等議題,被視為民主派中較溫和及務實的代表,主張透過對話及制度內途徑推動政制發展。他現為香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系榮譽助理教授及民主黨中央常務委員會委員。二○二○年,他因涉及與未經批准集結相關的案件被捕。他獲授銀紫荊星章(SBS),並為太平紳士。

English

Yeung Sum is a Hong Kong politician and social work academic, and a former chairman of the Democratic Party. Born in Guangzhou on 22 November 1947 with family roots in Zengcheng, Guangdong, he was the son of a former Kuomintang officer, and his family later moved to Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in social sciences, took a master's degree at the University of York in Britain, and then returned to the University of Hong Kong for a doctorate in philosophy, teaching for many years in its Department of Social Work and Social Administration. He was one of the founding members of the political group Meeting Point, formed in 1983 by a group of University of Hong Kong graduates, which argued for reasoned debate and the development of democracy; in 1994 it merged with the United Democrats and others to form the Democratic Party, making him a founding member as well and keeping him on as a vice-chairman. From 1991 he sat in the Legislative Council and was returned in subsequent terms, and after the handover served three consecutive terms for the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency from 1998 to 2008; he stepped down in 2008, when he was placed second on the Democratic Party list to help his party colleague Kam Nai-wai succeed him, and Kam went on to win the seat. From 2002 to 2004 he succeeded Martin Lee as chairman of the Democratic Party, becoming its second chairman and leading it through the 2003 district council elections and the 2004 Legislative Council election. While a student at the University of Hong Kong he was president of the student association of St John's College. In and out of the council he has focused on social welfare, labour, education and constitutional development, and is regarded as a relatively moderate and pragmatic figure within the democratic camp. He is now an honorary assistant professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong and a member of the Democratic Party's central standing committee. In 2020 he was arrested over a case related to unauthorised assembly. He has received the Silver Bauhinia Star and is a Justice of the Peace.

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職業Occupation

立法會議員、民主黨前主席、社會工作學者

年期Active period

1991年–2008年

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1991

出任立法局議員

Became a member of the Legislative Council

2002

接任香港民主黨主席

Became chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party

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