BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council on Friday appointed Sam Hou Fai as the sixth-term chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Sam was elected the sixth-term chief executive designate of the Macao SAR on Oct. 13.
His tenure will start from Dec. 20, 2024, according to a decision made at a State Council meeting presided over by Premier Li Qiang.
Sam was born in Zhongshan of south China's Guangdong Province in May 1962 and later moved to Macao. He joined the first group of Macao's judicial auditors in 1995, and was president of Macao's Court of Final Appeal before he ran for the election. ■
