2009 Macanese Chief Executive election
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Chief Executive elections were held in Macau on 26 July 2009 for the third term of the Chief Executive of Macau (CE), the highest office of the Macau Special Administrative Region. Fernando Chui was elected without contest after incumbent Chief Executive Edmund Ho was ineligible for re-election due to having served two terms.
Under the Basic Law of Macau, the mini-constitution, incumbent Chief Executive Edmund Ho was ineligible to run again for the top office as he was re-elected in 2004, meaning a new leader must be selected. Rumours started floating around in 2007, suggesting various high-ranking officials will be running in the election, including Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui, Procurator General Ho Chio-meng, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Executive Council of Macau Ho Iat-seng, Secretary of Economy and Finance Francis Tam, and Lionel Leong, but some later publicly rejected.[1][2] He argued that he was only 54 and none of those potential candidates were as capable as him, some claimed Ho could stage a comeback in the next election despite setting an unfavorable precedent.[3]
Campaign
On 12 May 2009 Fernando Chui announced his election campaign,[4] under the slogan of "people-oriented, preservation and innovation, building harmony" revealed on 25 May,[5][6] focusing on focused on four main issues: handling post-2008 financial crisis economy, improving living quality, advocating diversified economy, and reforming governance.[7]
Chui resigned Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture on 13 May and accepted by the Chinese Government a day later. The Chief Executive succeeded as the acting Secretary.[8] Chui submitted his 286 nominations on 16 June, and became the sole candidate of this election.[9]
Candidates
Nominees
Expressed interest
Four individuals publicly expressed interest for running in the election, namely Li Guangyuan, Wu Ruiyuan, Lü Ziyu, and Liu Shunlian. None reached the 50 nominations threshold as Chui secured 286 nominations amongst 300 Election Committee members.[10]
Declined
- Ho Chio-meng, Procurator General[11]
- Ho Iat-seng, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, member of the Executive Council[12]
