Florinda Chan

Who is Florinda Chan?

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

Chan was born in Macau in June 1954. She was educated in Macau holding a Master's degree in Business Administration. In July 1993, she attended a one-year programme in Chinese Language and Public Administration in Beijing. She is fluent in various languages including Chinese, Portuguese, English and Italian.

She has been with the Macau civil service since 1983 having served in various positions:

Division Chief, Division of Textile Negotiations 1983-1985

Macau Liaison Office in Brussels

Division Chief, Division of Quotas Control 1987-1995

Deputy Director of Economic Services Department 1995-1998

Director of Economic Services Department 1998-1999

Secretary-general of the Economic Committee 1993

Secretary to the Presidium of the Center for the Transfer of Productivity and Science and Technology 1998-1999

member of the Standing Committee of the Consultative Committee for the Basic Law of MSAR

Vice-chairman of the Economic Committee of the Macau Government

Chairman of the General Committee of the Center for the Transfer of Productivity and Science and Technology