Sam Hou Fai
岑浩輝
President of the Court of Final Appeal of Macau
Assumed office
20 December 1999
Personal details
BornMay 1962 (1962-05) (age 61)
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
NationalityChinese (1962-present)
Chinese (Macau) (1986-present)
Children2
ResidenceMacau
Alma materPeking University, University of Coimbra
OccupationJudge
Sam Hou Fai
Traditional Chinese岑浩輝
Simplified Chinese岑浩辉

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:

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.

References

  1. ^ "Background Note: Macau". US Department of State. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Macau News - People 人物 - Sam Hou Fai". www.macaunews.com.mo. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06.
  3. ^ "China Vitae : Biography of Sam Hou Fai".
Preceded bynew position President of the Court of Final Appeal of Macau 1999- Succeeded byincumbent
Preceded bynew position President of the Conselho dos Magistrados Judiciais 1999- Succeeded byincumbent
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