Susana Chou
曹其真
20 December 1999 – 15 October 2009
Shanghai, China
University of Paris
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Susana Chou Vaz da Luz GML (born 2 December 1941), also known as Chou Kei Jan and Cao Qizhen, is a Macau politician who served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau from 1999 to 2009.[1]
Biography
Chou's ancestral hometown is the current Yinzhou District of the city of Ningbo in China's Zhejiang Province. Chou was born in Shanghai on 2 December 1941, and is the oldest daughter of Chao Kuang Piu, who was an industrial tycoon in Shanghai. While her father moved in Hong Kong after 1949, Chou remained in China until 1968 when she moved to Macau.
Chou studied physics and majored in radio technology at the Anhui University. Chou also studied French language and literature in Paris.[2]
Politics
In 1976, Chou participated in Portuguese Macau's first direct election of the Legislative Assembly, and was successful in the election. From 1984 to 1999, she served in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth sessions of Portuguese Macau's Legislative Assembly.[citation needed]
After the transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China in 1999, Chou was elected as the President of new Legislative Assembly for its first, second and third sessions.[citation needed] Her stress on efficiency and effectiveness, while praised by the government, in many ways curtailed policy debate and discussion with little public consultation.[3]
Election results
Year | Candidate | Hare quota | Mandate | List Votes | List Pct |
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1976 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz (ADIM) | 374 | No.5/6 | 1,497 | 54.95% |
1984 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz | uncontested | FC | uncontested | ∅ |
1988 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz | walkover | FC | walkover | ∅ |
1992 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz (UNIF) | 2,201 | No.6/8 | 2,201 | 7.99% |
1996 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz | uncontested | FC | uncontested | ∅ |
2001 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz | walkover | FC | walkover | ∅ |
2005 | Susana Chou Vaz da Luz | walkover | FC | walkover | ∅ |
Honors and awards
- 1983, The Commander Degree of the Medal of Agriculture and Industrial Merit, by the President of the Portuguese Republic
- 1994, The Medal of the Knight of National Order of Merit, by the President of the French Republic
- 1994, The Medal of Industrial and Commercial Merit, by the Governor of Macau
- 1999, The Medal of Bravery, by the Governor of Macau
- 1999, The Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, by the President of the Portuguese Republic
- 2002, The Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, by the President of the French Republic
- 2003, The Grand Lotus Medal of Honour, by the Chief Executive of Macau[4]
- 2007, The Officer of the Legion of Honor, by the President of the French Republic[5]
Extra information
- ChinaVitae: CV of Susana Chou (English)
- MacauNews: Brief biography of Susana Chou (English)
Preceded by | President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau 1999–2009 | Succeeded by |
References
- ^ XinhuaNet: Brief biography of Susana Chou
- ^ "Donors". Universidade de Macau. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Yee, Herbert S. (2017). "The 2001 Legislative Assembly Elections and Political Development in Macau". Journal of Contemporary China. 14 (43): 242. doi:10.1080/10670560500065652. ISSN 1067-0564. S2CID 154799581.
- ^ Ho, Edmund (23 December 2002). "Boletim Oficial da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau 澳門特別行政區公報" [Official Bulletin of the Special Administrative Region of Macau] (PDF). Government of Macau (in Portuguese and Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, Susana Chou, was awarded the French Legion of Honor". China News. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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- President: Anabela Fátima Xavier Sales Ritchie (1996–1999)
- Susana Chou (1999–2001)
- Vice President: Edmund Ho (1996–1999)
- Lau Cheok Va (1999–2001)
- First Secretary: Leonel Alberto Alves
- Second Secretary: Kou Hoi In
- Leong Heng Teng
- Tong Chi Kin
- David Chow
- Fong Chi Keong
- Liu Yuk Lun
- Chan Kai Kit (1996–1999)[a] → Iong Weng Ian
- António Ng
constituencies
- Edmund Ho (1996–1999)[b] → Chui Sai Cheong (1999–2001)
- Vitor Ng
- Hoi Sai Iun
- Kwan Tsui Hang
- Susana Chou
- Anabela Fátima Xavier Sales Ritchie
- Lau Cheok Va
(1996–1999)
- José João de Deus Rodrigues do Rosário (1996-1997)[c] → Maria Edith da Silva (1997-1999)
- Raimundo Arrais do Rosário
- Joaquim Morais Alves
- Joaquim Jorge Perestrelo Neto Valente
- José Manuel de Oliveira Rodrigues
- António José Félix Pontes
- Rui António Craveiro Afonso (1996-1997)[d] → Henrique Miguel Rodrigues de Senna Fernandes (1997-1999)
(1999–2001)
- Stanley Au
- Cheong Vai Kei
- Vong Hin Fai
- Ho Teng Iat
- Philip Xavier
- José Manuel de Oliveira Rodrigues
- João Baptista Manuel Leão
- ^ Application to become legislative member of SAR was not made
- ^ Resigned to become Chief Executive of SAR
- ^ Died in January 1997
- ^ Left office in 1997