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Sam Hou Fai: the first jurist to walk from Macao's top court into Government House
Sam Hou Fai
The 6th Chief Executive of the Macao SAR, sworn in by President Xi Jinping on 20 December 2024. Born to a farming family in Zhongshan, Guangdong; trained at Peking University Law and the University of Coimbra; first President of Macao's Court of Final Appeal for almost twenty-five years from 1999, where he presided over the Ao Man Long and Ho Chio Meng corruption trials. The first Macao Chief Executive drawn from the judiciary, he has anchored his first term in rule of law, public-administration reform, and economic diversification.
Wong Sio Chak: from Judiciary Police chief to Secretary for Administration and Justice — Macao's longest-running enforcer
Wong Sio Chak
Secretary for Administration and Justice of the Macao SAR since October 2025, after almost eleven years as Secretary for Security (2014–2025) under three Chief Executives. A former prosecutor and Director of the Judiciary Police with a Peking University law doctorate, he drove civil-protection reform after Typhoon Hato (2017), the Suncity junket crackdown (2021), and the 2023 National Security Law overhaul. He served as Acting Chief Executive during Sam Hou Fai's first Beijing duty visit in December 2025 and is widely treated as the de facto number-two of the current SAR cabinet.
Chan Tsz King: from CCAC Commissioner to Prosecutor-General to Secretary for Security — Sam Hou Fai's mid-term reshuffle pick
Chan Tsz King
Secretary for Security of the Macao SAR since 16 October 2025, succeeding Wong Sio Chak (who moved to Administration and Justice) in Sam Hou Fai's mid-term reshuffle. Born in Hong Kong in 1970, he holds an LL.B. from the Autonomous University of Lisbon and graduated from Macao's first Magistrates Training Course in 1997. He spent almost 22 years in the Public Prosecutions Office — as prosecutor (from July 1997), Assistant Prosecutor-General (from March 2000), and posted to the Court of Final Appeal / Second Instance Court office (from January 2012). On 20 December 2019 he was appointed Commissioner Against Corruption (CCAC) for a 5-year statutory term; on 20 December 2024 Sam Hou Fai nominated him Prosecutor-General, a role he held for only 10 months. By State Council decree on 29 September 2025 he was elevated to Secretary for Security and sworn in on 16 October 2025; he oversees the Judiciary Police, the Public Security Police, Customs, the Fire Services Bureau, the Correctional Services Bureau, and the Macao Security Forces Higher School.