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Macau, also spelled Macao, and officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a city in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. It is a special administrative region of China and maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China. With a population of 667,400 and an area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Politics of Macau is a framework of political system, dominated by the People's Republic of China. It includes the legislature, the judiciary, the government, and a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Chief Executive.
The Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 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 Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macau is an administrative body without political powers responsible for providing certain civic services for the special administrative region and is the successor to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau which was abolished in 2019. The latter was formed to handle the functions of the former municipalities of Macau and their councils and assemblies that were abolished on 1 January 2002, slightly more than two years after Macau became a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. The body is under the Secretariat for Administration and Justice of the Macau government.
Hengqin, is an island in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and Special Economic Zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin were leased to Macau by the State Council of the People's Republic of China starting in 2009, with the area expanding. In the leased parts of the island, Macau law applies.
Macau elects on national level a legislature. The Legislative Assembly is made up of 33 members, of whom 14 are elected by popular vote and proportional representation, 12 elected from functional constituencies and 7 appointed by the Chief Executive.
The Legislative Assembly is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional constituencies and 7 members appointed by the chief executive. It is located at Sé.
Chinese nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds People's Republic of China (PRC) nationality. Civil and political rights usually associated with citizenship itself are tied to the jurisdiction in which a Chinese citizen is domiciled, determined by hukou in mainland China or right of abode in Hong Kong and Macau. Residents of Taiwan are also considered Chinese citizens, due to the PRC's continuing claims over areas controlled by the Republic of China (ROC).
The government of Macau confers honors every year which are classified into: "Grand Lotus," "Golden Lotus," and "Silver Lotus," as well as medals of achievements for professional elite organizations or government departments.
The Executive Council is a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Macau that serves as a core policy-making organ of the Government of Macau.
Fernando Chui Sai On is a Macau politician who served as the 2nd Chief Executive of Macau from 2009 to 2019. He served as Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs from 1999 to 2009.
Angela Leong On Kei is a Macau billionaire businesswoman and politician. She is a member of the Legislative Council of Macau, and the fourth wife of Stanley Ho.
Paul Chan Wai Chi is a Macau politician, graduated from Yuet Wah College, who is the President of New Democratic Macau Association and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau. He is one of the three pro-democracy lawmakers in Macau.
The Judiciary of Macau is responsible for the administration of justice in Macau. It hears all prosecutions and civil disputes, including disputes between individuals and the government. It is fundamental to Macau’s legal system that members of the judiciary are independent of the executive and legislative branches of the government. The courts of law in Macau comprise the Court of Final Appeal and 11 other courts. The President of the Court of Final Appeal of the Macau Special Administrative Region is head of the judiciary. A bilingual court system in which Chinese, Portuguese or both can be used was put in place, in accordance with the requirement of the Basic Law.
The functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process, they make up part of the political systems of Macau in legislative branch. Eligible voters in a functional constituency are designated legal entities such as organisations and corporations. Hong Kong has similar political systems.
Macau is the only geographical constituency in the elections for the Legislative Assembly of Macau. There are three sub-geographical constituencies under it.
The 2013 Macanese general election took place on 15 September 2013 according to the provisions of the Basic Law of Macau. This election was the first of its kind succeeding the reform of the Legislative Assembly that created four new seats; two new geographical constituency seats and two new functional constituency seats. Out of a total of 33 seats, 14 were elected by universal suffrage under the highest averages method, while 12 were voted on from the Functional constituency, and 7 from nomination by the Chief Executive.
Ho Iat Seng, GLM is a Macau politician serving as the 3rd and current Chief Executive of Macau since December 2019.
Anabela Fátima Xavier Sales Ritchie is a politician from Macau. She served as president of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, the first woman to hold the position.
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