Raimundo Arrais do Rosário (; born August 1956), is a

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, ex-

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(1992–1999) and the current Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (2014– ) of the

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Special Administrative Region of

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.Raimundo Arrais do Rosário – Secretary for Transport and Public Works
Macao SARG Portal Rosário, a Macanese of Portuguese ancestry, was born in

, then under Portuguese administration, in August 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from

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and completed a postgraduate programme in

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from

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. Rosário became a civil servant in 1979 until 1990, having served in various positions: * Technician of the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works * Department Head of the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works * Deputy Secretary of the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works * Chairman of the Land Committee and Traffic Committee. From 1990 to 1999 he became a freelance civil engineer. Between 1992 and 1999, he was a member of the

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, being appointed by the

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. He was also a member of the Drafting Committee of the Basic Law of Macau, a member of the Preparatory Committee of the

Special Administrative Region, and a member of the Portuguese delegation of the Sino-Portuguese Land Group. After the transfer of Macau to China (1999), and until 2014, Rosário was director of the Macau Economic and Trade Office in

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, director of the Macau Economic and Trade Office to the

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, and director of the Macau Economic and Trade Office to the

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. Since returning to Macau in 2014, he has been the current Secretary for Transport and Public Works of Macau.Fresh faces amongst top gov't officials
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'', December 2, 2014

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1956 births Living people Macanese people Government ministers of Macau University of Porto alumni {{Macau-bio-stub

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