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Chris Patten
Chris Patten is a British Conservative politician who was the 28th and last governor of Hong Kong, from 1992 to 1997. He introduced electoral reforms that widened the franchise for the Legislative Council, angering Beijing, and presided over the handover of the colony to China on 1 July 1997. He later served as a European commissioner and as chancellor of the University of Oxford.
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