Mourão Municipal Chamber

38°23′00″N 7°20′37″W / 38.38336°N 7.34374°W / 38.38336; -7.34374

Mourão Municipal Chamber

Câmara Municipal de Mourão
Coat of arms of the town of Mourão
Type
Type
Term limits
3[1]
History
Founded1296 (1296)[2]
Leadership
President
João Filipe Cardoso Fernandes Fortes, PSD
since 20 October 2021
Vice President
Maria Luísa Poupinha Ralo, PSD
since 20 October 2021
Structure
Seats5
Political groups
Municipal Executive (3)
  PSD (3)

Opposition (2)

  PS (2)
Length of term
Four years
Elections
Last election
26 September 2021
Next election
Sometime between 22 September and 14 October 2025[3]
Meeting place
Paços do Concelho de Mourão
Website
www.cm-mourao.pt

The Mourão Municipal Chamber (Portuguese: Câmara Municipal de Mourão) is the administrative authority in the municipality of Mourão. It has 3 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the town of Mourão, on the Évora District. These freguesias are: Granja; Luz and Mourão.

The Mourão City Council is made up of 5 councillors,[4] 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.

List of the Presidents of the Municipal Chamber of Mourão

  • Pedro Cominho Couto – (1976–1982)[5]
  • Alexandre Pinto Barros – (1982–1985)[5]
  • Jerónimo André Arranhado – (1985–1989)[5]
  • Alexandre Pinto Barros – (1989–1993)[5]
  • José Manuel Santinha Lopes – (1993–2013)[5]
  • Maria Clara Safara – (2013–2021)[5][6]
  • João Filipe Cardoso Fernandes Fortes – (2021–2025)[7]

(The list is incomplete)

References

  1. ^ "Perguntas Frequentes: Limitação de mandatos | Comissão Nacional de Eleições". www.cne.pt. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. ^ "Núcleo urbano da vila de Mourão". www.monumentos.gov.pt. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  3. ^ "Calendário | Comissão Nacional de Eleições". www.cne.pt. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  4. ^ "Lei Eleitoral dos Orgãos das Autarquias Locais" (PDF). July 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Presidentes da Câmara 1976 - 2017". Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses (anmp). p. 21. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Autárquicas 2017 - Candidatos". www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt. p. 9. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Candidatos à Presidência da Câmara - Autárquicas 2021". www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt (in Portuguese). 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.