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
 * 8) *Hiring of new servants, pay rises
 * 9) *Legal situation of civil servants
 * 10) *Creation and management of bodies under Mayor's jurisdiction
 * 11) Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, to questions raised by City Council and several other bodies
 * 12) Stand for Porto Alegre
 * 13) Take loans with prior City Council approval
 * 14) Issue condemnation orders
 * 15) Propose selling or leasing of government-owned assets with City Council approval
 * 16) Propose deals, agreements beneficial for Porto Alegre
 * 17) Propose administrative division of Porto Alegre
 * 18) Bring lawsuits disputing constitutionality of Acts
 * 19) Buy stocks, raise capital for public-owned enterprises
 * 20) Declare state of emergency
 * 21) Nominate NGOs for supervision alongside government entities
 * 22) Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, about the feasibility of bills