# 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 |
| 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 |