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André Cheong Weng Chon
張永春
Secretary for Administration
and Justice of Macau
Assumed office
19 December 2019
Chief ExecutiveHo Iat Seng
Preceded bySonia Chan
Personal details
Born
Zhang Yongchun

September 1966
Beijing, China
NationalityPeople's Republic of China (Macau)
Political partyNon-partisan
ResidenceMacau
Alma materBeijing Foreign Studies University, University of Macau
Occupationcivil servant

Template:Chinese name

Cheong Weng Chon
Traditional Chinese張永春
Simplified Chinese张永春
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Yǒngchūn
IPA[ʈʂáŋ jʊ̀ŋ.ʈʂʰwə́n]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZoeng1 Wing5 Ceon1
IPA[tsœŋ˥ wɪŋ˩˧ tsʰɵn˥]

André Cheong Weng Chon ([ɐ̃.ˈdɾɛ ˈtʃɛɲ]; Chinese: 張永春; born September 1966), is the Secretary for Administration and Justice, the second most senior government official in Macau.[1]

Early life

Cheong Weng Chon was born in Beijing in 1966. He received a Bachelor of Arts in the Portuguese language from Beijing Foreign Studies University and a law degree from the University of Macau.

Career

Cheong worked in Macau as an assistant to the Registrar and the Notary Public, as Registrar of the Real Estate Registry and as Director of the Judicial Affairs Bureau.[2][3] He later served as Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau from November 2000 to December 2014. He held the post of Commissioner Against Corruption from December 2014 to December 2019.[4]

Cheong served as President of the Legal Aid Commission, a member of the Public Administration Reform Consultation Committee and a member of the Law Reform Consultative Committee.[5] In 2019 he was appointed Secretary for Administration and Justice in Macau.[6]

References

  1. ^ "MSAR - Chinese State Council appoints holders of fifth Macau Government - Plataforma". www.plataformamedia.com.
  2. ^ "China Monthly Data". The Institute. January 13, 2002 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Assembly, United Nations General. "Official Records of the General Assembly". UN – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Inc, IBP (April 17, 2016). "Macao Business Law Handbook Volume 2 Important Trade Laws and Regulations". Lulu.com – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)[self-published source]
  5. ^ "Cheong Weng Chon". Macao SAR Government Portal.
  6. ^ "Beijing appoints 9 top government officials, chief prosecutor". December 2, 2019.
Preceded by Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau
2019–
Succeeded by
incumbent