Geraldo Júlio


Geraldo Júlio de Mello Filho is a Brazilian politician and the current mayor of Recife. He is a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party.

Political career

Geraldo Júlio de Mello Filho was born in Recife, he acted in the third term of Miguel Arraes's Government of Pernambuco and, in 2000, he was the director of planning of the Administration Secretary of the Prefecture of Recife.
In Eduardo Campos' government, he assumed the office of Planning Secretary in 2007 and, four years later, he was State Secretary of Economic Development.
Julio was a mayoral candidate in the 2012 municipal elections, being elected in the first round with 51,15% of the valid votes.