The Murça Municipal Chamber () is the administrative authority in the municipality of

Murça Murça (), officially the Town of Murça (), is a municipality in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,952, in an area of 189.37 km2. It is situated in the central part of the eastern district of Vila Real, and consigned to the Tr ...

. It has 7 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the town of Murça, on the

Vila Real District The District of Vila Real ( ) is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of , the district is located east of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro, Douro River. Vila Real has always belonged to the historical province of Trás- ...

. These freguesias are: Candedo; Carva e Vilares; Fiolhoso; Jou;

; Noura e Palheiros and Valongo de Milhais. The Murça City Council is made up of 5 councillors, representing, currently, two different political forces. The first candidate on the list with the most votes in a municipal election or, in the event of a vacancy, the next candidate on the list, takes office as

President of the Municipal Chamber President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

List of the Presidents of the Municipal Chamber of Murça

* Joaquim Ferreira Torres – (1971–1974) * ??? – (1974–1976) * Cândido Abel Borges – (1976–1979) * António Constantino Pereira – (1979–1981) * Alexandre Teixeira – (1981–1982) * Belmiro Morais Vilela – (1982–1993) * José Gomes – (1993–2001) * João Teixeira Fernandes – (2001–2013) * José Maria Garcia Lopes – (2013–2017) *

Mário Artur Lopes Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Czech, Norwegian, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovene, Polish, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Greek, German, Dutch, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius (name), Mariu ...

– (2017–2025) ''(The list is incomplete)''

References

{{Municipal Chambers of Portugal

Municipal Chamber A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...