The Secretariat for Administration and Justice (Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

: Secretaria da Administração e Justiça, Chinese

Chinese language

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: 行政法務司) is a department of the government of Macau

Government of Macau

The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the Chief Executive of Macau. The affairs of the Government are decided by secretaries, who are appointed by the Chief Executive and...

. The secretariat is responsible for the civil service

Civil service

The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....

, legal affairs, and municipal affairs

Municipalities of Macau

The councils and assemblies of the municipalities of Macau were abolished on 1 January 2002, and their functions transferred to the Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais, slightly more than 2 years after Macau became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China...

 in the region. The department is headed by the Secretary for Administration and Justice.

The department was the amalgamation of:

• Secretary for Justice (Macau)
  Secretary for Justice (Macau)
  Secretary for Justice or Secretaria da Justiça was a bureau secretary and senior law officer in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Justice, which was responsible for legal affairs and public prosecution in the colony...
  
  
• Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  The Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth was a bureau secretary in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Public Administration, Education and Youth, which was responsible for the civil service, education and youth affairs in the colony...
  
  

List of responsibilities:

• Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau
• Legal Affairs Bureau
• Printing Bureau
• International Law Office
• Civic and Municipal Training Centre
• Gabinete para a Reforma Judica

List of Secretariats

• Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan
  Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan
  Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan is the current Secretary for Administration and Justice and second most senior government official in Macau....
  
   1999-

• • Cheong Chui Ling - Chief of Office

Former Officials

• • Dr. Jorge Alberto Hagedorn Rangel
    Jorge Alberto Hagedorn Rangel
    Dr. Jorge Alberto da Conceição Hagedorn Rangel was a Portuguese civil servant in Macau and served in the post of Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth.-References:...
    
     - Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  • Ho Ven On
    Ho Ven On
    Ho Ven On is a former civil servant in Macau and served as Assistant Secretary for Administration, Education and Youth during Portuguese rule of Macau.He was one a few local Chinese in the senior ranks of the civil service in Macau.-References:...
    
     - Assistant Secretary for Administration, Education and Youth

Procurator-General

The Procurator General of Macau

Procurator General of Macau

Procurator General of Macau is the senior law officer of Macau. The PG replaced the Attorney General of Macau in December 1999 in the new Government of Macau.The PG reports to the Secretariat for Administration and Justice .-Organization:...

 is the actual highest law officer in Macau and not the Secretariat for Administration and Justice (Macau). It replace the role of Attorney General of Macau in 1999.

• Ho Chio Meng
  Ho Chio Meng
  Ho Chio Meng is the first and current Prosecutor General of the Public Prosecutions Office of the Macao Special Administrative Region, having been appointed in 1999, and re-appointed in 2004 and 2009....
  
   1999-
  • Lai Kin Ian
    Lai Kin Ian
    Lai Kin Ian is the Director of Public Prosecution under the Procurator General of Macau. He is a senior state attorney under the Secretariat for Administration and Justice .-References:...
    
     - Director of Prosecution
• Antonio Simoes Redinha - last Attorney General of Macau

See also

Other principal officials of Macau:

• Secretariat for Economy and Finance (Macau)
  Secretariat for Economy and Finance (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Economy and Finance is a department of the Macau GovernmentThe Secretariat is responsible for economic, financial and labour affairs the region....
  
  
• Secretariat for Security (Macau)
  Secretariat for Security (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Security is the government department responsible for public safety and security in Macau. The role replaced the former post of Secretary for Public Security...
  
  
• Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture (Macau)
  Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture is a department of the Macau Government...
  
  
• Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (Macau)
  Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Transport and Public Works is the department of the Macau Government responsible for overseeing a number of the region's important services....
  
  

External links

• Organization Chart of the MSAR