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:

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 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 government entities
19. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, about the 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 [pt]	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	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
29	João Antonio Dib	April 8, 1983 - January 1, 1986	Arena
30	Alceu Collares	January 1, 1986 - January 1, 1989	PDT
31	Olívio Dutra	January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1993	PT
32	Tarso Genro	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	January 1, 2005 - March 30, 2010	PMDB
36	José Fortunati	March 30, 2010 - January 1, 2017	PDT
37	Nelson Marchezan Júnior	January 1, 2017 - Current	PSDB

See also

• Government of Porto Alegre
• List of Porto Alegre municipal elections [pt]
• Timeline of Porto Alegre
• List of mayors of largest cities in Brazil (in Portuguese)
• List of mayors of capitals of Brazil (in Portuguese)

Notes

• "Galeria dos Ex-Prefeitos." Prefeitura de Porto Alegre. 16 Sept. 2006 <http://www2.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/infocidade/default.php?p_secao=23>.
• Lei Orgânica - Atualizada Até a Emenda Nº 24 (Emenda Nº 23 Em Anexo)." Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre. 16 Sept. 2006 <http://www.camarapoa.rs.gov.br/biblioteca/integrais/LOMatualizadaatéEmenda24_Emenda23emAnexo.htm>.

External links

• José Fogaça, Mayor of Porto Alegre
• Commenting on José Fogaça, Mayor of Porto Alegre
• Porto Alegre City Hall
• Porto Alegre City Council