Chief Executive of Macau
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.
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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
Politics of China |
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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.