page_title: Bello, Antioquia
section_title: Politico-administrative structures
hierarchical_section_title: Bello, Antioquia / Politico-administrative structures
caption_attribution_description: Parque principal del municipio de Bello, en diciembre 2007, ColombiaBELLO - ANTIOQUIA
context_page_description: Bello is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia and is a suburb of Medellín, the department capital. Bello is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley in the department of Antioquia. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of San Pedro de los Milagros, on the east by the municipality of Copacabana, on the south by the municipality of Medellín and on the west by the municipalities of Medellín and San Jerónimo.
  It is the center of the development in the north of the Aburrá Valley, and as a member of the Metropolitan Area of Aburrá Valley, or AMVA, some public services are regulated for the Metropolitan Area. There are several nicknames for the municipality: Imperio del Cacique Niquia, Cuna de Marco Fidel Suárez, "Ciudad de los artistas".
context_section_description: Bello is governed by a democratic system based on administrative decentralization processes generated by the Political Constitution of Colombia, 1991. The city is governed by a mayor (executive power) and a Municipal Council (legislative power).
  The Mayor of Bello is the head of government and of the municipal administration, representing the municipality legally, judicially and extrajudicially. It is a position elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The current mayor is Carlos Alirio Munoz Lopez.
  The main functions of the Mayor are to administer the resources of the municipality, to provide for the welfare and interests of his fellow citizens and to represent them before the Federal Government. He should also promote local policies to improve the quality of life, such as health programs, housing, education and road infrastructure; equally, he maintains public order.
  The Municipal Council of Bello is a popularly elected public corporation, composed of 19 democratically elected councillors, for a term of four years. The council is the legislative body and makes binding agreements within its territorial jurisdiction. Its functions include approving projects from the mayor, issuing the organic standards of the budget and issuing the annual revenues and expenditures budget.
  To manage the municipality, the Mayor has 14 ministries:
  Administrative Services Secretariat
  Secretariat of Government
  Secretariat of Sport and Recreation
  Education and Culture Secretariat
  Internal Control Secretariat
  Secretariat of Health
  Planning Secretariat
  Secretariat of Infrastructure
  The Environment Secretariat
  General Secretariat
  Secretariat of Finance
  Secretariat of Welfare and Social Integration
  Secretariat of Transport and Traffic
  Secretariat of Entrepreneurship
caption: Christmas lights in the main park in 2007.
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