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About Delfino Jose Rodrigues Ribeiro(b. 24 May 1930 Macau)Delfino graduated in Law from the Classic University in Lisbon, Portugal, where he lived many years. In 1961, he returned to Macau to found and direct the Judiciary Police for 9 years, during which he held other posts such as Police Court Judge, Director of Criminal Archives, Director of Drug Addiction Combat Centre and Consultant for the International Institute for the Study of Drug Addiction in New York , USA. In 1970, after being classified in 1st place in all overseas territories of Portugal, was appointed Notary Public in Macau and began simultaneously to exercise liberal professional as a Lawyer. For 2 mandates not completed because of the Revolution, he was Deputy of the National Assembly of Portugal as the only representative of Macau where he was elected Permanent Secretary of Overseas Commission. From 1979 to 1983 , he served as a member of the Macau Legislative Assembly. In November 1987, he led the first group of Portuguese Lawyers that, at the invitation of the Chinese Authorities, visited Mainland China (Canton). In 1989, co-founder of the Law Association of Macau where he presided over the Superior Disciplinary Board of Lawyers (Conselho Superior de Advocacia). He was also co-founder of ADIM (Civil Association for the Protection of Macau Interests ) and of Elos Club de Macau , President of Tennis Civil ,Vice-President of APIM (Associação Promotora de Instrução dos Macaenses ,ie, Association for Promoting Macanese Instruction ) and Vice-President for Asia of “Elos Internacional da Comunidade Lusíada”(an organization that, established in Brasil, links all Portuguese speaking Communities around the world ) and is an honorary member of Casa de Macau in São Paulo, Brasil. After retiring as a lawyer and notary public,Delfino became the president of the Board of Trustees (presidente do Conselho de Curadores) to a Foundation he and a group of Macanese established in 1996 in Lisbon,with the main aim of giving assistance to those families that, due to the handover of Macau, decided to move their home to Portugal, although the institution is open to everybody. Its name is “Fundação do Santo Nome de Deus” (Holy Name of God, a title granted to the city of Macau by the King of Portugal) is located in a very good residential area with head office in a 8 storey building, comprising a home for seniors with 38 rooms and in the neighboring building, a small apart hotel that has been a meeting point for Macanese people that visit or pass by Lisbon especially from Macau, Brasil,USA and Canada. Delfino is married to Lorraine Au (b. 11 November 1931 Hong Kong). Lorraine lived in Macau during WWII and studied in Santa Rosa de Lima College and Sacred Heart School and then spent most of her life in Honolulu. The couple are now living in California. E-mail : delfinoribeiro@gmail.com |
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