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Chief Executive of Macao Special Administrative Region | |
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澳門特別行政區行政長官 Chefe do Executivo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau | |
since 20 December 2019 | |
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Type | Head of government |
Residence | Macau Government Headquarters |
Nominator | Election Committee |
Appointer | Central People's Government (Decree signed by Premier) |
Term length | Five years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Macau Basic Law |
Inaugural holder | Edmund Ho |
Formation | 20 December 1999 |
Website | gce.gov.mo |
Chief Executive of Macau | |||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 澳門特別行政區行政長官 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门特别行政区行政长官 | ||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 澳門特首 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门特首 | ||||||||||||||
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Portuguese name | |||||||||||||||
Portuguese | Chefe do Executivo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China |
Politics and government of Macau |
Related topics |
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The chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 澳門特別行政區行政長官; Portuguese: Chefe do Executivo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau) is the head of government of Macau, a special administrative region of China. The position replaced the office of Governor of Macau, the former head of Macau as an overseas province of Portugal. Under the Basic Law of Macau, the chief executive's role is to:
...be the head of the Macau Special Administrative Region and shall represent the Region. The Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region shall be accountable to the Central People's Government and the Macau Special Administrative Region in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
The current chief executive is Ho Iat Seng. His office is located at the Macau Government Headquarters, formerly the Governor's House (from 1883-1926) and the Governor's office (from 1926 to 1999). The CE has used this as his office since 2009.
The office was created by the first session of the 8th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on 31 March 1993 and came into effect on 20 December 1999.
The chief executive is selected by election or through consultations held locally and must be appointed by the Central People's Government (State Council) headed by the Premier before taking office. The term of office of the chief executive shall be five years and may serve for not more than two consecutive terms.
Any candidate running for Chief Executive are required to satisfy the following requirements:
The powers of the chief executive are outlined in the region's Basic Law:
Under Section 54 of the Basic Law, the chief executive can resign if:
Section 55 covers the temporary assignment of the role of the CE proceeding resignation.
№ | Portrait | Name Chinese name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office Duration in years and days |
Election | Political alignment | Term [n 1] |
Government (supporting parties) |
Appointer (Premier) | Ref. | |
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1 | Edmund Ho 何厚鏵 (born 1955) |
20 December 1999 |
19 December 2009 |
1999 | Pro-Beijing | 1 | Ho E. I (UPP) |
Zhu Rongji | ||
2004 | 2 | Ho E. II (UPP • UIEM • UIPM • CCCAE) |
Wen Jiabao | |||||||
10 years and 0 days | ||||||||||
2 | Fernando Chui 崔世安 (born 1957) |
20 December 2009 |
19 December 2019 |
2009 | 3 | Chui I (UPP • UIEM • UIPM • ACUM) |
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2014 | 4 | Chui II (UPP • UIEM • UIPM • ACUM • UE) |
Li Keqiang | |||||||
10 years and 0 days | ||||||||||
3 | Ho Iat Seng 賀一誠 (born 1957) |
20 December 2019 |
Incumbent | 2019 | 5 | Ho I. (TBD) |
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4 years and 342 days |