Politics of Macau is a framework of a politically constrained multi-party presidential 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 Macao Special Administrative Region 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.
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, GCTE GCC GCIH ComA, is a retired Portuguese Army officer who was the last Governor of Macau.
Jaime José de Matos da Gama is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government, he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002, and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 we was President of the Assembly of the Republic.
The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal from 1999 are the Azores and Madeira. Together with Continental Portugal, they form the Portuguese Republic.
The government of Macau confers honors every year in the form of decorations, medals and honorary titles.
The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese rule in the former settlement, which began in 1557.
Chao Kuang Piu SBS was a Hong Kong-based Chinese industrialist, sometimes referred to as Hong Kong's "Wool Magnate" given his involvement in Hong Kong's garment industry. He was one of the co-founders of Dragonair, Hong Kong's first Chinese-owned airline, which was subsequently acquired by Cathay Pacific.
Ho Iat Seng is a Macau politician serving as the third and current chief executive of Macau since December 2019.
José Maria Pereira CoutinhoComM is a Macanese politician and jurist. He has been the Counselor of the Portuguese Communities since 2003, President of Macau Civil Servants Association since 1998, and President of pro-democracy party New Hope and Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Macau since 2005.
Ma Man-kei was a Chinese-Macanese businessman, tycoon, entrepreneur and politician. A strong supporter of the Chinese Communist Party, Ma was a proponent of the transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to the People's Republic of China, which took place in 1999. Ma was Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's (CPPCC) eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh sessions, beginning in 1993.
Events from the year 1999 in Macau.
Events from the year 2009 in Macau, China.
Events from the year 2005 in Macau, China.
Events from the year 2001 in Macau, China.
Januário Correia de Almeida, Count of São Januário was a Portuguese colonial administrator, military engineer and a diplomat. He was created Baron of São Januário by King Luís I in 1866, Viscount of São Januário in 1867 and Count of São Januário in 1889. He was born in Paço de Arcos on 31 March 1829 as son of Januário Correia de Almeida and Bárbara Luísa dos Santos Pinto.
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.
Silas K. F. Chou is a Hong Kong billionaire, active in the fashion sector.
Legislative elections were held in Portuguese Macau on 28 September 1980, returning 17 members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, with 6 directly elected by electorates, 6 indirectly elected by special interest groups and 5 appointed by the Governor.
Association for the Defense of Macau Interests was a Portuguese conservative and localist political association based in Macau. Founded on 19 June 1974 by Delfino José Rodrigues Ribeiro and Carlos Augusto Corrêa Paes d’Assumpção, ADIM collaborated politically with CDS in Portugal, as both shared similar ideology
