Government of Macau

Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region
Formation20 December 1999 (1999-12-20)
Founding documentMacao Basic Law
CountryChina
Websitewww.gov.mo
Legislative branch
LegislatureLegislative Assembly
SpeakerPresident
Meeting placeLegislative Assembly Building
Executive branch
LeaderChief Executive
Appointed byPremier, State Council of China
HeadquartersMacau Government Headquarters
Main organExecutive Council
Judicial branch
CourtCourt of Final Appeal
(See also Judiciary of Macau)
SeatSuperior Court of Macau Building
Government of Macau
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese澳門特別行政區政府
Simplified Chinese澳门特别行政区政府
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀomén Tèbiéxíngzhèngqū Zhèngfǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingou3 mun4*2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 zing3 fu2
Abbreviation
Chinese澳門政府
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀomén Zhèngfǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingou3 mun2 zing3 fu2
Portuguese name
PortugueseGoverno da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau

The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Macau Government, is the executive authorities of Macau. Formed on 20 December 1999 in accordance with the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, it is headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the chief executive. The affairs of the government are decided by secretaries, who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in Beijing. 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.


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