Edmund Ho

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Edmund Ho Ho Hau Wah GOIH GML GCM
何厚鏵
Ho in 2006
1st Chief Executive of Macau
In office 20 December 1999 – 20 December 2009
President	Jiang Zemin Hu Jintao
Premier	Zhu Rongji Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (Governor of Macau)
Succeeded by	Fernando Chui
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 March 2010
Chairman	Jia Qinglin Yu Zhengsheng Wang Yang Wang Huning
Secretary for Transport and Public Works
Acting 6 December 2006 – 14 February 2007
Chief Executive	Himself
Preceded by	Ao Man Long
Succeeded by	Lau Si Io
Vice-President of the Legislative Assembly
In office 10 November 1988 – 20 December 1999
President	Carlos D'Assumpção
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Lau Cheok Va
Personal details
Born	(1955-03-13) 13 March 1955 (age 69) Portuguese Macau
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Tatiana Lau
Children	2, including Justin Ho King Man
Parent	Ho Yin
Relatives	Ho Hau Veng (brother)[1] Adrian Ho (nephew)
Alma mater	Schulich School of Business York University (B.B.A.)
Profession	Chartered accountant

Edmund Ho Hau Wah, GOIH, GML, GCM (born 13 March 1955) is a Macau politician who served as the first Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region from 1999 to 2009. He currently serves as a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[2]

Edmund Ho was made Chief Executive-elect on 15 May 1999 by the Selection Committee for the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR. He was appointed Chief Executive-designate on 20 May of the same year by the Premier of the State Council, Zhu Rongji, and was formally sworn in as Chief Executive at the special ceremony marking the establishment of the Macau SAR on 20 December 1999.