The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (;

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: 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

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. The affairs of the government are decided by

secretaries A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a wh ...

, who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in

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. 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

The

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

. 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 Ho Iat-seng (; born 12 June 1957) is a Macanese politician serving as the 3rd and current Chief Executive of Macau since December 2019. Early life Ho studied at , Macau. In 1992, he studied electronic engineering and economics at Zhejiang Uni ...

and Hoi Lai Fong is the chief of the Office of the Chief Executive.

Principal officials

The secretaries are similar to the

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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. The current (fifth) government was inaugurated in December 2019. The principal officials of the current government are: * Secretary for Administration and Justice - André Cheong Weng Chon * Secretary for Economy and Finance - Lei Wai Nong * Secretary for Security -

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** Commissioner General of the Unitary Police Service - Leong Man Cheong ** Director General of the Macao Customs - Vong Man Chong * Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture - Ao Ieong U *

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Secretary for Transport and Public Works ( pt, Secretário-Adjunto dos Transportes e Obras Públicas) was a bureau secretary in Portuguese Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (''Secretaria dos Transportes e Obr ...

Raimundo Arrais do Rosário Raimundo Arrais do Rosário (; born August 1956), is a civil servant, ex-legislator (1992-1999) and the current Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (2014- ) of the Macau Special Administrative Region of China.Commissioner Against Corruption - Chan Tsz King * Commissioner of Audit - Ho Veng On

Organisation of government

Each secretary leads a number of bureaux ( zh, s=局 or 署; pt, direcções or instituto, ), which carry out decisions and plans made by the secretaries. RAEM chart(E)

Pre-1999 government

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 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

. 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.

Government Information Bureau

The Government Information Bureau (Chinese: 澳門特別行政區政府新聞局 ; Portuguese: Gabinete de Comunicação Social, GCS), commonly known as Macaogcs is the agency responsible for coordinating and studying the social transmission of government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China The departments that broadcast and provide assistance to the administrative authorities in this field are directly under the jurisdiction of the

References

External links

Macau SAR Government Portal

Political Structure of Macau SAR

- references to former Portuguese secretaries {{Authority control