List Of Mayors Of Sorocaba
This is a listing of all those that have served as the mayor of the city of Sorocaba Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It ..., São Paulo, Brazil. References Lists of mayors of places in Brazil {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorocaba, List of Mayors ...
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Mayors In Brazil
In Brazil, the mayor is the chief executive of the smallest territorial unit — the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality () — and holds executive powers of the local government, in a Mayor–council government, "strong mayor-council" arrangement. In Portuguese language, Portuguese, the mayor is called the ''prefeito'' (if male) or ''prefeita'' (if female), while the government itself is termed the ''prefeitura''. The current system of mayor and council (called the ''Câmara Municipal'') dates from the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, 1930 revolution and the Vargas Era, Vargas era, albeit with changes how elections are conducted. Until 1982, Brazilian mayors were usually elected by the local population, with the exception of state capitals, international border towns, and "national security zones" (which included strategic mining places). With the end of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, military dictatorship and enacting of the Constitution of Brazil, 1988 Constitution, all ...
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