Municipal Chamber of Araraquara

The Municipal Chamber of Araraquara is the legislative body of the government of Araraquara in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

It is unicameral and is composed of 18 councilors.

History
In 1947, the country's first direct elections took place and the citizens of Araraquara elected the first Municipal Chamber through free and universal suffrage. Therefore, the legislature initiated in 1948 is considered the first in the history of Araraquara. Currently, the city is in its 18th legislature, post-Estado Novo.

Budget
Annual budget of the Chamber according to the LOA:

Councilors of the 17th legislature
In the 2016 election carried out on October 2, 355 people ran for 18 seats in the Araraquara City Council.

Of the 18 elected, five were re-elected: Raimundo Bezerra (PRB), Juliana Damus (PP), Edio Lopes (PT), Elias Chediek (MDB) and Jéferson Yashuda (PSDB).

Besides these, four more councilors who acted as alternates were elected: Gerson da Farmácia (MDB), Toninho do Mel (PT), Porsani (PSDB) and Lieutenant Santana (MDB).

List of presidents

 * 1) José Clozel 1948/1949
 * 2) Jose do Amaral Velosa 1950/1952/1954
 * 3) Jorge Borges Correa 1951
 * 4) Mario Ananias 1953/1958
 * 5) Otto Ernani Muller 1955
 * 6) Pedro Marão 1956/1957/1959
 * 7) José Galli 1960/1963
 * 8) Hermínio Pagotto 1961
 * 9) José Mussi 1962
 * 10) João Vergara Gonzalez 1964
 * 11) Álvaro Waldemar Colino 1965/1968
 * 12) Flávio Ferraz de Carvalho 1966/2000
 * 13) Wilmo Gonçalves 1967
 * 14) Miguel Tedde Neto 1969
 * 15) Jose Alberto Gonçalves “Gaeta” 1970/1971/1999
 * 16) Rubens Bellardi Ferreira 1972/1975/1976
 * 17) Arnaldo Izique Caramurú 1973-1974
 * 18) Gildo Merlos 1977/1978/1987/1988/1989/1990/1995/1996
 * 19) Manoel Marques de Jesus 1979-1980
 * 20) Geraldo Polezze 1981-1982
 * 21) José Roberto Cardozo 1983-1984
 * 22) Tadeu José Alves 1985-1986
 * 23) Omar de Souza e Silva 1991-1992 e 1993-1994
 * 24) Valderico Joe 1997-1998 e 2001-2002
 * 25) Eduardo Lauand 2003-2004
 * 26) Ronaldo Napeloso 2005-2006 e 2009-2010
 * 27) Carlos Alberto Manço 2007
 * 28) Edna Martins 2007-2008
 * 29) Aluisio Braz 2011-2012 e 2021-2022
 * 30) João Farias 2013-2014
 * 31) Elias Chediek 2015-2016
 * 32) Jéferson Yashuda 2017-2018
 * 33) Tenente Santana 2019-2020