Mayor of Porto Alegre


The Mayor of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is the Chief Executive of the city. The mayor is elected for a four-year term, limited to one re-election. Mayoral activities are regulated by Sections IV, V, VI, Chapter VI of . Current mayor is Nelson Marchezan Júnior; he is the 37th 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, 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:
  1. Appoint and dismiss Secretaries, Directors of the several Departments, and everyone in charge of Porto Alegre's public bodies
  2. Sign into law bills passed by Porto Alegre City Council, enacting ordinances for execution of several Acts of City Council
  3. Veto bills passed by City Council
  4. Disposal of municipal administration
  5. Dispose on civil servants, except for those under jurisdiction of City Council
  6. Report annually to City Council on public works
  7. Sponsor bills whose purposes are
  8. *Hiring of new servants, pay rises
  9. *Legal situation of civil servants
  10. *Creation and management of bodies under Mayor's jurisdiction
  11. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, to questions raised by City Council and several other bodies
  12. Stand for Porto Alegre
  13. Take loans with prior City Council approval
  14. Issue condemnation orders
  15. Propose selling or leasing of government-owned assets with City Council approval
  16. Propose deals, agreements beneficial for Porto Alegre
  17. Propose administrative division of Porto Alegre
  18. Bring lawsuits disputing constitutionality of Acts
  19. Buy stocks, raise capital for public-owned enterprises
  20. Declare state of emergency
  21. Nominate NGOs for supervision alongside government entities
  22. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, about feasibility of bills

    List of Mayors of Porto Alegre