Susana Chou Vaz da Luz Chou Kei Jan GML, GCM, ComMA, ComMI |
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President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau | |
In office 20 December 1999 – 15 October 2009 |
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Preceded by | Anabela Fátima Xavier Sales Ritchie |
Succeeded by | Lau Cheok Va |
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Born | 2 December 1941 Shanghai, China |
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater |
Anhui University University of Paris |
Profession | chartered accountant |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Cáo Qízhēn |
Susana Chou Vaz da Luz also known as Chou Kei Jan (born 2 December 1941 in Shanghai) was the President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau from 1999 to 2009.
Chou's ancestral hometown is the current Yinzhou District of the city of Ningbo in China's Zhejiang Province. Chou was born in Shanghai on 2 December 1941, and was the oldest daughter of Chao Kuang Piu, who is an industrial tycoon in Shanghai then in Hong Kong.
Chou studied physics and majored in radio technology at the Anhui University. Chou also studied French language and literature in Paris.
In 1976, Chou participated in Portuguese Macau's first direct election of the Legislative Assembly, and was successful in the election. From 1984 to 1999, she served in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth sessions of Portuguese Macau's Legislative Assembly.
After the transfer of sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to China in 1999, Chou was elected as the President of new Legislative Assembly for its first, second and third sessions.