Editing Politics of Macau (section)

== Head of Government ==
{{Main|Chief Executive of Macau}}

{{office-table}}
| ''[[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] ([[paramount leader]])''
|''[[Xi Jinping]]''
|''[[Chinese Communist Party]]''
|''15 November 2012''
|-
| ''[[President of the People's Republic of China|President of the PRC]] ([[head of state]])''
|''[[Xi Jinping]]''
|''[[Chinese Communist Party]]''
|''14 March 2013''
|-
|''[[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier of the State Council]] ([[Head of government|head of central government]])''
|''[[Li Qiang]]''
|''[[Chinese Communist Party]]''
|''11 March 2023''
|-
|[[Chief Executive of Macau|Chief Executive of the Macau SAR]] (head of region AND head of regional government)
|[[Sam Hou Fai]]
|[[Non-partisan]]
|20 December 2019
|}

The [[Chief Executive of Macau]] is appointed by the People's Republic of China's central government after selection by an election committee, whose members are nominated by corporate bodies. The chief executive appears before a cabinet, the Executive Council, of between 7 and 11 members. The term of office of the chief executive is 5 years, and no individual may serve for more than two consecutive terms. The governor has strong policymaking and executive powers similar to those of a president. These powers are, however, limited from above by the central government in Beijing, to whom the governor reports directly, and from below (to a more limited extent) by the legislature.

In May 1999, [[Edmund Ho]], a community leader and banker, was the first PRC-appointed chief executive of the Macau SAR, having replaced [[General de Rocha Viera]] on 20 December 1999. He was elected by the 200-member Chief Executive Selection Committee. Ho, born in Macau in 1955, was the first Chinese person to govern the region since the 1550s. Prior to 20 December 1999, Ho nominated major officials in the new government and carried out other transfer tasks. Ho was re-elected for a second term in 2004 and was succeeded by [[Fernando Chui]] in 2009.

The executive branch of the Macau government has the following cabinet departments, each headed by a secretary: Administration and Justice, Economic and Financial Affairs, Security, Social Affairs and Culture, and Transport and Public Works. There also are two commissions, Against Corruption and Audit, and a chief public prosecutor. Upon Macau's reversion to China, the executive offices were moved from Macau Government House temporarily to the Banco Tai Fung.

[[Image:Almacau.JPG|thumb|160px|right|[[Legislative Assembly of Macau|The Legislative Assembly of Macau]]]]