Country Profile:

Macau

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President of China HU Jintao
  • Head of Government: Chief Executive Edmund HO Hau-wah **
  • Assembly: Macau has a unicameral Legislative Council (Região Administrativa Especial de Macau) with 29 seats.

** 300-member electoral college.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President of China is ex officio by the National People's Congress to serve a 5-year term.
  • Chief Executive is elected by electoral college to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the Legislative Council (Região Administrativa Especial de Macau), 12 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms, 10 members are elected by special interest groups to serve 4-year terms and 7 members are appointed by the chief executive to serve 4-year terms.***

*** An electoral college represetns special internest group (professional organizations and economic constiuencies). It elects ten members under a closed-list PR system in one nationwide district.

Population:

  • Population: 559,846

Past elections

  • Legislative - September 20, 2009
  • Legislative - September 25, 2005

Last Updated on 02/04/2010