Edmund Ho

Edmund Ho
Ho Hau Wah
何厚鏵
Ho in 2006
1st Chief Executive of Macau
In office
20 December 1999 – 20 December 2009
PresidentJiang Zemin
Hu Jintao
PremierZhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao
Preceded byVasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (Governor of Macau)
Succeeded byFernando Chui
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Assumed office
13 March 2010
ChairmanJia Qinglin
Yu Zhengsheng
Wang Yang
Wang Huning
Secretary for Transport and Public Works
Acting
6 December 2006 – 14 February 2007
Chief ExecutiveHimself
Preceded byAo Man Long
Succeeded byLau Si Io
Vice-President of the Legislative Assembly
In office
10 November 1988 – 20 December 1999
PresidentCarlos D'Assumpção
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLau Cheok Va
Personal details
Born (1955-03-13) 13 March 1955 (age 69)
Portuguese Macau
Political partyIndependent
SpouseTatiana Lau
Children2, including Justin Ho King Man and Charmaine Ho Mei Chee
ParentHo Yin
RelativesHo Hau Veng (brother)[1]
Adrian Ho (nephew)
EducationSchulich School of Business
York University (BBA)
ProfessionChartered accountant
Edmund Ho
Traditional Chinese何厚鏵
Simplified Chinese何厚铧
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Hòuhuá
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingho4 hau5 waa4

Edmund Ho Hau Wah, GOIH, GML, GCM (born 13 March 1955) is a Macau politician who served as the first Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region from 1999 to 2009. He currently serves as a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]

Edmund Ho was made Chief Executive-elect on 15 May 1999 by the Selection Committee for the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR. He was appointed Chief Executive-designate on 20 May of the same year by the Premier of the State Council, Zhu Rongji, and was formally sworn in as Chief Executive at the special ceremony marking the establishment of the Macau SAR on 20 December 1999.

  1. ^ Cheng, Selina (15 February 2021). "Exclusive: Meet the founder of Hong Kong's largest pro-gov't Facebook group SaveHK". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Former Macao SAR chief executive elected vice chairman of CPPCC National Committee Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine People's Daily