1999 Macanese Chief Executive election

May 2025 Portugal presidential 2004 Macanese Chief Executive election 2004 100 15 May 1999 Edmund Ho (cropped).jpg Edmund Ho Independent Pro-Beijing 163 82.74% 3x4.svg Stanley Au Independent N/A 34 17.26% Leader Elected Chief Executive Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieiraas Governor of Macau Independent Edmund Ho Independent Chief Executive elections were held in Macau on 15 May 1999 to elect the first Chief Executive (CE), the highest office of the Macau Special Administrative Region, before Macau was due to be handed back to China by Portugal. Edmund Ho was elected as the first leader of the Macau SAR.January 2000 Post-1999 Macao and Taiwan-Macao Relations https://www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=5BD9411B71680621&sms=F6F85FB57A769CAB&s=E8E068D2FF26DAC2 2025-05-22 mac.gov.tw This was the only contested Chief Executive election to date. Candidates Edmund Ho Hau-wah, former member of the Selection Committee of Macau Special Administrative Region Government Stanley Au Chong-kit, former member of the Selection Committee of Macau Special Administrative Region Government Results Edmund Ho Independent 163 Stanley Au Independent 34 0 2 200 China.cn Reactions Edmund Ho thanked the Selection Committee and Macanese residents for their support after elected as Chief Executive and vowed to uphold "One Country Two Systems" framework. Governor of Macau Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, the then-leader of the city, congratulated Ho's win and promised a smooth handover of sovereignty. Despite some regarded Au as a democrat challenging the one-man election, Stanley Au was later appointed to the Legislative Assembly by Ho after SAR established, and joined Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2005. In 2019, Au described his bid, which made the only contested Chief Executive election in Macau as of now, as naïve.2019-04-25 稱特首選舉一直都是一個人的選舉 區宗傑︰我當時參選只是年少無知 https://aamacau.com/2019/04/25/稱特首選舉一直都是一個人的選舉-區宗傑︰我當時/ live 2021-11-21 AllAboutMacau Media https://web.archive.org/web/20190719233827/https://aamacau.com/2019/04/25/%e7%a8%b1%e7%89%b9%e9%a6%96%e9%81%b8%e8%88%89%e4%b8%80%e7%9b%b4%e9%83%bd%e6%98%af%e4%b8%80%e5%80%8b%e4%ba%ba%e7%9a%84%e9%81%b8%e8%88%89-%e5%8d%80%e5%ae%97%e5%82%91%ef%b8%b0%e6%88%91%e7%95%b6%e6%99%82/ 2019-07-19 References Macau Chief Executive Macau Category:Chief Executive elections in Macau