José Pinto Correia

Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado Correia da Silva (Porto, 15 June 1930 – 14 March 2011) was the 124th Governor of Macau from 5 May 1985 to 8 July 1987.[1][2] A physician, he was the first Governor of Macau who was not a military general.[3][4] [5] He advocated humanism and social welfare during his term of office, and visited Guangzhou on 22-24 February 1987.[6][7] He resigned from office in May 1987, giving rise to the rumour that his resignation was related to corruption.[8]

References

  1. ^ List of Governor of Macau
  2. ^ Bibliography
  3. ^ (Chinese)"The life of seven ex-Governor of Macau in Portugal". (30 April 2007). Macao Daily News.
  4. ^ The training of doctors today In this article, it is shown that he is the first editor of the journal “Medical Education”, showing that he was a doctor.
  5. ^ (Chinese)"The life of seven ex-Governor of Macau in Portugal". (30 April 2007). Macao Daily News.
  6. ^ (Chinese)Encyclopaedia of Macau It is recorded in the appendix 1, Encyclopaedia of Macau that Machado visited China in 22-24 February 1987.
  7. ^ (Chinese)吳志良、楊允中, ed (Nov, 1999). "Appendix 1". 《澳門百科全書》. Macao Foundation. ISBN 972-658-078-1. http://www.macaudata.com/macauweb/Encyclopedia/. 
  8. ^ (Chinese)Article from www.chinareviewnews.com