Government of Macau
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Formation | December 20, 1999 |
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Founding document | Macao Basic Law |
Country | China |
Website | www.gov.mo |
Legislative branch | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly |
Speaker | President |
Meeting place | Legislative Assembly Building |
Executive branch | |
Leader | Chief Executive |
Appointer | State Council of China |
Headquarters | Macau Government Headquarters |
Main organ | Executive Council |
Judicial branch | |
Court | Court of Final Appeal (See also Judiciary of Macau) |
Seat | Superior Court of Macau Building |
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Politics and government of Macau |
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The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區政府; Portuguese: Governo da R.A.E. de Macau; conventional short name Macau Government, 澳門政府, Governo de Macau), are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the chief executive. The affairs of the government are decided by secretaries, who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in Beijing. As a special administrative region of China, Macau has a high degree of autonomy, in light of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. The Macau Government, financially independent from the Central People's Government, oversees the affairs of Macau.
Head of government[]
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The chief executive is responsible for the administration of Macau. The affairs of the government are decided by secretariats, who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in Beijing. The office of chief executive replaced that of governor after 1999 as head of the government in Macau. The chief executive reports to the State Council.
The current chief executive is Ho Iat Seng and is the chief of the Office of the Chief Executive.[1]
Principal officials[]
The secretaries are similar to the Hong Kong Government policy bureaux secretaries. However, there are fewer secretaries in Macau, and they are considered part of the civil service instead of officials employed on contracts.[2] The current (fifth) government was inaugurated in December 2019.[3]
The principal officials of the current government are:
- Secretary for Administration and Justice -
- Secretary for Economy and Finance -
- Secretary for Security - Wong Sio Chak
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- Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture -
- Secretary for Transport and Public Works - Raimundo Arrais do Rosário
- Commissioner Against Corruption -
- Commissioner of Audit -
Organisation of government[]
Each secretary leads a number of bureaux (Chinese: 局 or 署; Portuguese: direcções or instituto, lit. 'directorate or institutes'), which carry out decisions and plans made by the secretaries.
Pre-1999 government[]
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The structure of the Portuguese administration in Macau was slightly different from the current:
- Governor of Macau as Head of Government
- Secretary for Economic Coordination
- Secretary for Transport and Public Works
- Secretary for Justice
- Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget
- Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
- Secretary for Public Security
- Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture
Localisation of key positions was non-existent prior to the handover, all department heads were Portuguese. Chinese civil service heads did not appear until after the establishment of the special administrative region. Currently, many government officials received education in Mainland China, some of them even grew up in China.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Office of the Chief Executive". Macau SAR Governmental Portal. Office of the Chief Executive. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Eli Lau (11 October 2001). "Top officials to be made accountable". The Standard. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
- ^ "China State Council appoints senior officials of the 5th Government of Macau". MacauHub. MacauHub. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
External links[]
- Macau SAR Government Portal (in English)
- Political Structure of Macau SAR (in Portuguese)
- Casa de Macau - references to former Portuguese secretaries
- Government of Macau