Sam Hou Fai

President of the Court of Final Appeal of MacauAssumed office
20 December 1999 Personal detailsBornMay 1962 (1962-05) (age 61)
Zhongshan, Guangdong, ChinaNationalityChinese (1962-present)
Chinese (Macau) (1986-present)Children2ResidenceMacauAlma materPeking University, University of CoimbraOccupationJudge

Sam Hou Fai
Traditional Chinese	岑浩輝
Simplified Chinese	岑浩辉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cén Hàohuī Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sam4 hou6 fai1

Justice Sam Hou Fai (Chinese: 岑浩輝) is the President of the Court of Final Appeal of Macau, the highest court in Macau, China.^[1][2][3]

Before his legal career Sam worked in numerous departments in Macau:

• Deputy Secretary of Macau Monetary Authority 1987-1992
• Special Assistant to the Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Macau 1992-1993
• Commissioner of Labour Affairs Bureau 1995-1997
• Judge, Court and Public Prosecutions Office 1995-1997
• Secretary for Economic Coordination (Macau) 1995-1997
• Secretary of Finance Services Bureau (Secretariat for Economy and Finance (Macau)) 2000-2002

Justice Sam is also President of the Conselho dos Magistrados Judiciais and member of the Commissão Independente para a Indigitação de Juízes.

Early life

Sam was born in May 1962 in China and raised in Zhongshan. After entering university in 1978 he entered law school in 1981 and earned his bachelor's degree in law from Peking University in Mainland China. After practicing law in China he moved to Macau in 1986, studied at the University of Coimbra and joined the Public Prosecutions Office of Macau in 1995.

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Preceded by new position

President of the Court of Final Appeal of Macau 1999-

Succeeded by incumbent

Preceded by new position

President of the Conselho dos Magistrados Judiciais 1999-

Succeeded by incumbent