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In Brazil, the office of Mayor is the head of government of the smallest territorial unit — the município — and holds actual executive powers of local administration. In Portuguese, its title is called prefeito.
Until 1982, Brazilian mayors were usually elected by the local municipality population, except 1) state capitals, 2) international border towns, and 3) "national security zones" (which included important mining places). After the 1988 Constitution, all mayors in the nation are directly elected every four years.
The capital (Brasília), however, is governed by the Governor of the Federal District, who is not a mayor per se, but rather shares the same status as state governors.
In Brazil, mayors of largest cities, such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, have considerable influence in national politics, and are usually potential candidates to presidency.
Mayors of Brazilian state capitals
Town State Mayor Party Southeast Capitals São Paulo SP Gilberto Kassab DEM Rio de Janeiro RJ Eduardo Paes PMDB Belo Horizonte MG Marcio Lacerda PSB Vitória ES João Carlos Coser PT South Capitals Curitiba PR Carlos Alberto Richa PSDB Porto Alegre RS José Fogaça PPS Florianópolis SC Dario Elias Berger PSDB Northeast Capitals Aracaju SE Edvaldo Nogueira PCdoB Fortaleza CE Luizianne Lins PT João Pessoa PB Ricardo Coutinho PSB Maceió AL José Cícero Soares de Almeida PP Natal RN Micarla de Sousa PV Recife PE João da Costa PT Salvador BA João Henrique Carneiro PMDB São Luís MA João Castelo PSDB Teresina PI Sílvio Mendes PSDB North Capitals Belém PA Duciomar Gomes da Costa PTB Boa Vista RR Iradilson Sampaio PPS Macapá AP Manaus AM Palmas TO Raul Filho PT Porto Velho RO Roberto Sobrinho PT Rio Branco AC Raimundo Angelim PT Center-West Capitals Campo Grande MS Nelson Trad Filho PMDB Cuiabá MT Wilson Pereira dos Santos PSDB Goiânia GO Íris Rezende PMDB See also
Categories:- Lists of mayors of places in Brazil
- Mayors of places in Brazil
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