Alexis Tam Chon Weng ( zh, t=譚俊榮; born July 1962) is a retired Macau civil servant. Tam spent 33 years in the civil service of Macau. He previously served as Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macau, the fifth most senior government official in

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, from 2014 until 2019. He retired in December 2022.

Early life and education

Tam was born in Myanmar in July 1962. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from

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and a bachelor's degree in law from

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. He also earned a master's degree in international business and entrepreneurship from the

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along with a PhD in business administration from

Nankai University Nankai University is a public university in Tianjin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Nankai University was establ ...

. Tam also has two higher education degrees in Portuguese language and culture from the

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and human resource management and strategic management from the

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...

Career

Tam was the Chief of Office of the Chief Executive

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's Office during December 2009 to December 2014. In 2023, Tam's retirement in December 2022 was announced.

References

Alexis Tam
1962 births Living people 21st-century Macau people Government ministers of Macau National Chengchi University alumni China University of Political Science and Law alumni Alumni of the University of Glasgow Nankai University alumni Catholic University of Portugal alumni Place of birth missing (living people) {{Macau-bio-stub