Ao Ieong U

Ms. Ao Ieong U was born in Guangdong in 1968. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Application from the South China University of Technology in 1992. She obtained a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Macau and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Jurisprudence from the Faculty of Law of the Huaqiao University in 2000-2001.

She was a senior technician at Judiciary Police in 1994. She served as Head of the Division of Planning and Organization of the Identification Services Bureau in 2001, Head of the Department of Residents Identification of the Identification Services Bureau in 2002 and Head of the Department of Organization and Information of the Identification Services Bureau in 2007. She was appointed as Deputy Director of the Identification Services Bureau in 2010 and held the post of Director of the Identification Services Bureau from 2014 to 2019. She was also the President of the Monitoring Committee of the Pension Fund from 2015 to 2019.

She was appointed as Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the fifth term of the Macao SAR Government in December, 2019. During the same period, she was successively appointed as a member of the Working Committee for Integrating into National Development and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. She served as Chairperson of the Education Committee, Chairperson of the Youth Affairs Committee, Vice-Chairperson of the Talent Development Committee, Chairperson of the Healthy City Committee, Chairperson of the Senior Citizen Affairs Committee, Chairperson of the Narcotics Control Committee, Chairperson of the Women and Children Affairs Committee, Chairperson of the Rehabilitation Affairs Committee, Head of the Interdepartmental Steering Group on Mechanism for the Protection of the Elderly, Chairperson of the Cultural Heritage Committee, Chairperson of the Cultural Development Consultative Committee, Head of the Coordination Group for Large-Scale Performances, Deputy Director and Secretary General of the Organising Committee of the 15^th National Games of the People’s Republic of China and Chairperson of the Organising Committee for the Macao Competition Zone of the 15^th National Games, the 12^th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9^th Special Olympic Games.