predecessor successor children birth_place party profession office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
sally smith ernest e. polley charles e. cole merrill sanford jamie parsons gregg d. renkes alex , adriana juneau , alaska democratic lawyer mayor of juneau , alaska alaska attorney general 6 october 1948 october 2003 october 1988 january 12 , 1994 maria de guadalupe alvarez bruce botelho
 october 2012 october 1991 december 2002 bruce m. botelho
bruce botelho

bruce m. botelho -lrb- born october 6 , 1948 -rrb- is an american attorney and politician in the u.s. state of alaska .
he served as the mayor of juneau from 1988 to 1991 and from 2003 to 2012 .
born and raised in juneau , where his father was a top official of the alaska highway patrol , botelho has pursued concurrent careers in law and politics , largely with success .
botelho , in 2012 , is finishing his third consecutive term as mayor , having first been elected in 2003 .
he also previously served a term as mayor from 1988 to 1991 , defeating former alaska secretary of state robert w. ward in the election .
he spent most of his professional career as an employee of the alaska department of law .
he rose to the top position in the department in 1994 , when governor walter hickel appointed him to be the alaska attorney general .
retained by hickel 's successor , tony knowles , botelho served as attorney general for nearly nine years before retiring from state service .
