Ho Iat Seng

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Ho Iat Seng
Business (FC)
Member of the Standing Committee
of the National People's Congress

(9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
In office
5 March 2001 – 23 April 2019
ChairmanLi Peng
Wu Bangguo
Zhang Dejiang
Personal details
Born (1957-06-12) 12 June 1957 (age 66)
Hanyu Pinyin
Hè Yīchéng
Wade–GilesHo4 Yi1-chʻêng2
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHo6 Jat1 Sing4
IPA[hɔː˨ jɐt̚˥.seŋ˩]

Ho Iat Seng

chief executive of Macau
since December 2019.

Early life

Born in Macau to his parents from Jinhua, Zhejiang, Ho studied at Pooi To Middle School [zh]. In 1992, he studied electronic engineering and economics at Zhejiang University in Zhejiang; he would later become a visiting fellow of the university.[2]

Political career

Ho in 2009

Ho served as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Zhejiang Province from 1978 to 1998. In 2000, he was selected as the National People's Congress member representing Macau and became a member of the Standing Committee in 2001. From 2004 to 2009, he served as a member of the Executive Council of Macau. In 2009, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau; from 2013 to 2019, he served as its vice-president and between 2014 and 2017 its president.[3] On 18 April 2019, Ho announced his intention to run for election in August as Macau's chief executive.[4]

Ho was elected as chief executive on 25 August 2019,

handover to China.[7]

Election results

Legislative Assembly

Year Candidate Hare quota Mandate List Votes List Pct
2009 Ho Iat Seng (OMKC) uncontested
FC
uncontested
2013 Ho Iat Seng (OMKC) walkover
FC
walkover
2017 Ho Iat Seng (OMKC) 781
FC
walkover

Chief Executive

Year Candidate Votes Pct
2019
Ho Iat Seng 392 98.00%

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "The 4th Legislative Council Election Candidate List" (PDF), Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (in Chinese and Portuguese), 2009-07-15, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-06
  2. ^ Pao, Jeff (18 June 2019). "Industrialist Ho Iat-seng eyes top Macau post". Asia Times. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ho Iat Seng". Macao SAR Government Portal. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  4. ^ Mok, Danny (19 April 2019). "Head of Macau legislature set to run for election as city's leader". South China Morning Post.
  5. ^ Carvalho, Raquel (25 August 2019). "Ho Iat-seng will be new city leader of Macau, China's gambling hub". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. Xinhua News. 2019-09-05. Archived from the original
    on September 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Master, Farah; Zhai, Keith; Chatterjee, Sumeet; Cadell, Cate (12 December 2019). McClellan, Philip (ed.). "Protest-free Macau to win financial policy rewards from China". Reuters. 'Macau will be an example of China's reunification,' Ho Iat Seng, who is set to become Macau's next chief executive on Dec. 20, told state broadcaster China Central Television last month.
  8. ^ "President of the Republic received Chief Executive of Macau". www.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Executive of Macau
2019–present
Incumbent