The Mayor of Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

is the Chief Executive of the city. The Mayor is elected for a four-year term, limited to only a re-election. Mayoral activities are regulated by Sections IV, V, VI, Chapter VI of Porto Alegre City Charter. Current Mayor is José Fortunati; he is the 36th 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

Porto Alegre City Council

The Porto Alegre City Council is the Legislative branch of Porto Alegre. It is composed of 36 councilors who are elected by an open list election. The Council serves as a balance of power against the mayor, as Porto Alegre has a strong mayor-council type of government. 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
   • Hiring of new servants, pay rises
   • Legal situation of civil servants
   • Creation and management of bodies under Mayor's jurisdiction
8. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, to questions raised by City Council and several other bodies
9. Stand for Porto Alegre
10. Take loans with prior City Council approval
11. Issue condemnation
    Eminent domain
    Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition , or expropriation is an action of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent...
    
     orders
12. Propose selling or leasing of government-owned assets with City Council approval
13. Propose deals, agreements beneficial for Porto Alegre
14. Propose administrative division of Porto Alegre
15. Bring lawsuits disputing constitutionality of Acts
16. Buy stocks, raise capital for public-owned enterprises
17. Declare state of emergency
18. Nominate NGOs for supervision alongside with government entities
19. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, about feasibility of bills

List of Mayors of Porto Alegre

#	Mayor	Term	Party
1	Alfredo Augusto Azevedo	October 12, 1892 - January 3, 1896
2	João Luiz de Farias Santos	January 3, 1896 - October 10, 1896
3	Febeliano da Costa	October 15, 1896 - March 15, 1897
4	José Montaury	March 15, 1897 - October 15, 1924
5	Otávio Rocha	October 15, 1924 - February 27, 1928
6	Alberto Bins	February 27, 1928 - October 22, 1937
7	José Loureiro da Silva	October 22, 1937 - September 15, 1943
8	Antônio Brochado da Rocha	September 15, 1943 - May 14, 1945
9	Clóvis Pestana	May 14, 1945 - November 6, 1945
10	Ivo Wolf	November 6, 1945 - February 21, 1946
11	Egídio Soares Costa	February 21, 1946 - November 11, 1946
12	Conrado Rigel Ferrari	November 11, 1946 - March 27, 1947
13	Gabriel Pedro Moacyr	March 27, 1947 - July 15, 1948
14	Ildo Meneghetti	July 15, 1948 - February 1, 1951
15	Elyseu Paglioli	February 1, 1951 - November 17, 1951
16	José Antonio Aranha	November 17, 1951 - January 1, 1952
17	Ildo Meneghetti	January 1, 1952 - July 3, 1954
16	Lindolfo Bohel	July 3, 1954 - September 13, 1954
17	Manoel Osório da Rosa	September 13, 1954 - January 31, 1955
18	Manoel Sarmanho Vargas	January 31, 1955 - October 3, 1955
19	Martin Aranha	January 3, 1955 - January 1, 1956
20	Leonel Brizola Leonel Brizola Leonel de Moura Brizola was a Brazilian politician. Launched in politics by Getúlio Vargas, Brizola was the only politician to serve as governor of two different states in the whole history of Brazil. In 1959 he was elected governor of Rio Grande do Sul, and in 1982 and 1990 he was elected...	January 1, 1956 - December 29, 1958
21	Tristão Sucupira Viana	December 29, 1958 - January 1, 1960
22	Loureiro da Silva	January 1, 1960 - January 1, 1964
23	Sereno Chaise	January 1, 1964 - May 8, 1964
24	Célio Marques Fernandes	May 9, 1964 - April 13, 1965
25	Renato Souza	April 13, 1965 - June 9, 1965
26	Célio Marques Fernandes	June 9, 1965 - May 31, 1969
27	Telmo Thompson Flores	May 31, 1969 - April 8, 1975
28	Guilherme Socias Villela	April 8, 1975 - April 8, 1983	Arena National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1966 and 1985...
29	João Antonio Dib	April 8, 1983 - January 1, 1986	Arena National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1966 and 1985...
30	Alceu Collares	January 1, 1986 - January 1, 1989	PDT Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) The Democratic Labour Party is a populist, democratic socialist political party of Brazil. It was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reorganize the Brazilian leftist forces during the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship...
31	Olívio Dutra Olívio Dutra Olívio de Oliveira Dutra is a Brazilian politician. He is a founding member of the Workers' Party.-Early political career :...	January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1993	PT
32	Tarso Genro Tarso Genro Tarso Fernando Herz Genro is a Brazilian politician, and a member of the Workers' Party . As a result of the Mensalão scandal, Genro served the remainder of José Genoíno's term as party president in 2005...	January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1997	PT
33	Raul Pont	January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2001	PT
34	Tarso Genro	January 1, 2001 - April 4, 2002	PT
34	João Verle	April 4, 2002 - January 1, 2005	PT
35	José Fogaça José Fogaça José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros is the current Mayor of Porto Alegre, Brazil and a former state deputy, federal deputy and senator....	January 1, 2005 - March 30, 2010	PMDB
36	José Fortunati	March 30, 2010 - Current	PDT Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) The Democratic Labour Party is a populist, democratic socialist political party of Brazil. It was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reorganize the Brazilian leftist forces during the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship...

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