Mayor of Porto Alegre

The Mayor of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is the Chief Executive of the city. Mayors serve a four-year term, limited to one re-election. Mayoral activities are regulated by Sections IV, V, VI, Chapter VI of Porto Alegre City Charter. The current mayor is Sebastião Melo, since January 1st 2021; he is the 45th mayor of Porto Alegre.

Porto Alegre City Charter provides a succession line for any case of office vacancy. The first in line is the Deputy Mayor of Porto Alegre (who is elected in the same ticket of the Mayor), next is the Speaker of Porto Alegre City Council and, lastly, the Porto Alegre Attorney-General.

Duties of the Mayor of Porto Alegre Section V, Chapter VI enumerates duties of the Mayor of Porto Alegre. In general, the mayor has broad powers over Porto Alegre's bureaucracy, as Porto Alegre is set up to be in a strong mayor-council type of government. These are the duties of the Mayor of Porto Alegre, as set forth by Article 94, Section V, Chapter VI of Porto Alegre City Charter: Appoint and dismiss Secretaries, Directors of the several Departments, and everyone in charge of Porto Alegre's public bodies Sign into law bills passed by Porto Alegre City Council, enacting ordinances for execution of several Acts of City Council Veto bills passed by City Council Disposal of municipal administration Dispose on civil servants, except for those under jurisdiction of City Council Report annually to City Council on public works Sponsor bills whose purposes are Hiring of new servants, pay rises Legal situation of civil servants Creation and management of bodies under Mayor's jurisdiction Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, to questions raised by City Council and several other bodies Stand for Porto Alegre Take loans with prior City Council approval Issue condemnation orders Propose selling or leasing of government-owned assets with City Council approval Propose deals, agreements beneficial for Porto Alegre Propose administrative division of Porto Alegre Bring lawsuits disputing constitutionality of Acts Buy stocks, raise capital for public-owned enterprises Declare state of emergency Nominate NGOs for supervision alongside government entities Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, about the feasibility of bills

List of mayors of Porto Alegre Mayor Term Party Alfredo Augusto de Azevedo October 12, 1892 - January 3, 1896 PRR January 3, 1896 - October 10, 1896 PRR October 15, 1896 - March 15, 1897 PRR March 15, 1897 - October 15, 1924 PRR October 15, 1924 - February 27, 1928 PRR February 27, 1928 - October 22, 1937 PRR October 22, 1937 - September 15, 1943 Independent September 15, 1943 - May 14, 1945 Independent May 14, 1945 - November 6, 1945 PSD November 6, 1945 - February 21, 1946 PDC Egídio Soares da Costa February 21, 1946 - November 11, 1946 PSD Conrado Rigel Ferrari November 11, 1946 - March 27, 1947 PSD Gabriel Pedro Moacyr March 27, 1947 - July 15, 1948 PSD July 15, 1948 - February 1, 1951 PSD February 1, 1951 - November 17, 1951 PTB José Antonio Aranha November 17, 1951 - January 1, 1952 PTB January 1, 1952 - July 3, 1954 PSD Ludolfo Boehl July 3, 1954 - September 13, 1954 UDN Manoel Osório da Rosa September 13, 1955 - January 31, 1955 PL January 31, 1955 - October 3, 1955 PTB Martim Aranha January 3, 1955 - January 1, 1956 UDN Leonel Brizola January 1, 1956 - December 29, 1958 PTB Tristão Sucupira Vianna December 29, 1958 - January 1, 1960 PTB January 1, 1960 - January 1, 1964 PDC January 1, 1964 - May 8, 1964 PTB May 9, 2004 - April 13, 2004 ARENA Renato Souza April 13, 1965 - June 9, 1965 MDB June 9, 1955 - May 31, 1969 ARENA May 31, 1969 - April 8, 1975 ARENA April 8, 1975 - April 8, 1983 ARENA April 8, 1983 - January 1, 1986 ARENA Alceu Collares January 1, 1986 - January 1, 1989 PDT Olívio Dutra January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1993 PT Tarso Genro January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1996 PT Raul Pont January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2001 PT Tarso Genro January 1, 2001 - April 4, 2002 PT João Verle April 4, 2002 - January 1, 2005 PT José Fogaça January 1, 2005 - March 30, 2010 MDB José Fortunati March 30, 2010 - January 1, 2017 PDT Nelson Marchezan Júnior January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021 PSDB Sebastião Melo January 1, 2021 - Present MDB

Mayor of Porto Alegre

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