From 1976: how many mayors there have been in the district ? What the president with more years of activity ? Which the county had more presidents ?
According to data from the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP), the fourteen chambers District, there have been 75 presidents. As for municipalities, in individual terms, Alvito and Moura already had 9 presidents, Ourique 8 Mayors, followed by Almodôvar and Beja with 6.
John Rocha, the former mayor of Beja, is in Portugal in the set of 308 Portuguese municipalities, the mayor with more than years of mandate, 37. Headed the Municipality of Serpa, 33 years and more 4 in Beja. Turn, Castro Verde was in conjunction with Reguengos de Monsaraz, what less presidents had, only 2, but with the election of António José Brito, the municipality of Reguenguense won this “title”. no district, besides Castro Verde, also Aljustrel and Serpa, only had three mayors.
In a national ranking, Jaime Marta Soares (Vila Nova de Poiares), Mesquita Machado (Braga) and João Rocha (Serpa and Beja), there are 37 years in office, Vítor Martelo (Reguengos de Monsaraz) and Álvaro Pedro (Alenquer) both with 33 year old, Fernando Caeiros, with 32 years and Alfredo Barroso (Redondo) with 31 year old, are the “dinosaurs” of the Autarchic Power.
Updated: John Rocha, Jorge Pulido Valente and Francisco Felgueiras Rodrigues are the only ones who presided over two different municipalities. Rocha and Valente fulfilled a mandate in Beja, the first being an autonomous leader in Serpa and the second in Mértola. As for Francisco Felgueiras, first he was Mayor of Cuba and then Ourique.
Only two mayors managed the same municipality twice, Antonio Pica Tereno 1993-2001/2005-2017 and Luís Pita Plum1993-2005 / 2017-2021, the mayor of “Vila do Regadio” was the only one who returned after the mandate limitation law came into force.
In 2005, in Ferreira do Alentejo and Ourique there were two substitutions that were in force for 9 months, when Josué Ferreira dos Santos and António Afonso Guerreiro, replaced Luís Pita Ameixa and José Raul Santos, who ran for this year's Legislative Election. Plum, by PS was elected by Círculo de Beja and José Raul, by PSD was elected by the Porto Circle.
Since the “Mandate Limitation Law” came into force, have already been "caught" 13 Mayors, including the three who end the term this year, in Odemira there are two mayors who were or will be prevented from running again: Nelson Domingos Brito (Aljustrel)-2021, António Sebastião (Almodovar)-2013, Antonio Pica Tereno (Canyons)-2017, Fernando Sousa Caeiros (Castro Verde)-2008, Francisco Chicken Ear (Cuba)-2013, Aníbal Coelho de Costa (Ferreira do Alentejo)-2017, Paulo Jorge Colaco Rosa (Mértola)-2021, José Maria Post Mine (Moura)-2013, António Camilo (Odemira)-2009, Jose Alberto Guerrero (Odemira)-2021, José Raul dos Santos (Ourique)-2005, João Manuel Rocha Silva (Serpa) 1979-2012 and Manuel Luís Narra (Vidigueira)-2017.
Municipalities and Presidents
Aljustrel (3): Antonio Alexandre Raposo (13year old) 1976-1989, António José Godinho (20) 1989-2009 and Nelson Domingos Brito (12) 2009-2021.
Almodovar (6): Carlos Gago Morgadinho (4 year old) 1976-1977/1979-1982, José Bernardo Batista (1) 1978-1979, António do Carmo Salt (14) 1982-1996, Manuel Lopes Ribeiro (5) 1996-2001, António Sebastião (12) 2001-2013 and António Mestre Boot (8) 2013-2021.
Alvito (9): Joaquim Pereira Cabanas (3) 1976-1979, António Ramalhete Sigh (3) 1979-1982, Armando de Figueiredo Brito (3) 1982-1985, Francisco Godinho Trinity (8) 1985-1993, José António Lopes Guerreiro (8) 1993-2001, António de Sousa Paiva (4) 2001-2005, João Paulo Launches Trinity (4) 2005-2009, John the Baptist Penetrates (4) 2009-2013 and António João Ugly Valerio (8) 2013-2021.
Canyons (5): Carlos Hunter Durão (6 year old) 1976-1982, António Semedo War (11) 1982-1993, Antonio Pica Tereno (20) 1993-2001/2005-2017, Nelson Costa Berjano (4) 2001-2005 and João Serranito Nunes (4) 2017-2021.
Beja (6): José Reis Colaço (6 year old) 1976-1982, José Costa Carreira Marques (23) 1982-2005, Francisco Cruz Santos (4) 2005-2009, Jorge Pulido Valente (4) 2009-2013, João Manuel Rocha da Silva (4) 2013-2017 and Paulo Jorge Lúcio Arsénio (4) 2017-2021.
Castro Verde (3): Fernando Sousa Caeiros (32 year old) 1976-2008, Francisco Caldeira Duarte (9) 2008-2017 and António José Rosa de Brito (4) 2017-2021.
Cuba (4): Francisco José Rodrigues Felgueiras (6 year old) 1976-1982, António da Gloria São Brás (15) 1982-1997, Francisco Chicken Ear (16) 1997-2013 and John Manuel Casaca Portuguese (8) 2013-2021.
Ferreira do Alentejo (5): Jose Luis New Plum (6 year old) 1976-1982, Joseph John Spear Warrior (11) 1982-1993, Luis Antonio Pita Plum (16) 1993-2005/2017-2021, Joshua Ferreira dos Santos (February to October) 2005 Aníbal Coelho e Costa (12) 2005-2017.
Mértola (5): Serrao Antonio Martins (6 year old) 1976-1982, Fernando Ribeiro Rosa (11) 1982-1993, Manuel Paulo Neto (8) 1993-2001, Jorge Pulido Valente (7) 2001-2008 and Paulo Jorge Colaco Rosa (13) 2008-2021.
Moura (9): Armando Almeida Manso (2 year old) 1976-1978, Luis Antonio Ramos (1) 1978-1979, Manuel Romana Ângelo (6) 1979-1985, António Oliveira Lamas (4) 1985-1989, José Simões Duarte (2) 1989-1991, Manuel Vitorino Master (6) 1991-1997, José Maria Post Mine (16) 1997-2013, Santiago Ferreira Macias (4) 2013-2017 and Álvaro José Pato Azedo (4) 2017-2021.
Odemira (4): Justino Abreu Santos (17 year old) 1976-1993, Cláudio Percheiro (4) 1993-1997, António Camilo (12) 1997-2009 and Jose Alberto Guerrero (12) 2009-2021.
Ourique (8): Ramiro Sobral de Vilhena (6 year old) 1976-1982, Francisco Felgueiras Rodrigues (3) 1982-1985, Afonso António Semedo (4) 1985-1989, José Filipe Estevens (4) 1989-1993, José Raul dos Santos (12) 1993-2005, António Afonso Guerreiro (February to October) 2005, Pedro do Carmo (10) 2005-2015 David and Marcelo Guerrero (6) 2015-2021.
Serpa (3): Satiro Costa Louzeiro (3 year old) 1976-1979, João Manuel Rocha Silva (33) 1979-2012 and Thomas Martins Pires (9) 2012-2021.
Vidigueira (5): Manuel Trindade Reis (3 year old) 1976-1979, Carlos Labego Goes (22) 1979-2001, António Rodrigues Mendonça (4) 2001-2005, Luis Manuel Rosa Narra (12) 2005-2017 and Rui Manuel Serrano Raposo (4) 2017-2021.
no district, John Rocha, leads the “presidential ranking” with 37 year old, Fernando Caeiros follows up with 32 and closes the podium Carreira Marques (Beja) with 23 year old. District ranking: 1º- John Rocha (Serpa and Beja)- 37 year old, 2º- Fernando Caeiros (Castro Verde)-32, 3º- career Marques (Beja)-23, 4º- Carlos Labego Goes (Vidigueira)- 22, 5ºs- Antonio Pica Tereno (Canyons) and António José Godinho (Aljustrel)- 20, 7º- Justino Abreu Santos (Odemira)- 17, 8ºs- Francisco Orelha (Cuba), Luis Pita Plum (Ferreira do Alentejo) and José Maria Pós de Mina (Moura)- 16 and 11º- António São Brás (Cuba)- 15, 12º- António do Carmo Salt (Almodovar)- 14 e 13ºs- Antonio Alexandre Raposo (Aljustrel) and Paulo Jorge Colaco Rosa (Mértola)- 13year old
Teixeira Correia
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