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I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral backgr...

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I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsib...

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Chris Patten

Governor of Hong Kong

Born: 1944-05-12

Died: N/A

Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.More