- José Fogaça
José Fogaça (born 1947) is the current
Mayor of Porto Alegre ,Brazil and a former state deputy, federal deputy and senator.He is a graduate of the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and taught at the College of Rio Grande, before becoming a TV and print journalist.
He is a member of the
PMDB , having been elected in 2004 as mayor on behalf of theSocialist People's Party . He has pledged to continue theparticipatory budgeting system introduced under thePT [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/porto-alegre-mayor.html] and his mandate expires in 2008.He is married to the singer Isabela Fogaça.
Political career
*1979-1982: State Deputy,
Rio Grande do Sul
*1983-1986: Federal Deputy,Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
*1987-2003: Senator,Senate of Brazil
*2005-2009:Mayor of Porto Alegre He is longlisted for the 2008
World Mayor award.External links
* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/porto-alegre-mayor.html CityMayors profile]
* [http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=archives_chavez_ptloses Discussion of 2004 election result]
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