Mayor of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul

The Mayor of Gramado is the Head of Government of the town. He/she is elected for a four-year term, allowed to seek re-election only once. The current Mayor is Nestor Tissot.

Gramado has a weak mayor-council form of government and, all executive powers are vested in the person of the mayor. Gramado Town Charter sets these responsibilities (Chapter III, Section II, Article 60), among others, for the Mayor of Gramado:

• Being the legal representatives in all lawsuits whenever Gramado is either plaintiff or defendant
• Appointment and firing of Cabinet members, their deputies, and every person appointed to a body connected to Town Hall
• Sponsoring bills as set forth by Town Charter
• Sign into law bills approved by Town Council
• Veto bills, either totally or partially
• Setting up bureaucracy
• Issuance of condemnation ordinances
• Drafting of appropriation bills

List of mayors since Emancipation

#	Mayor	Term	Party
1	Walter Bertoluci	1955–1959
2	Arno Michaelsen	1960–1963
3	José Francisco Perini	1963–1969
4	Horst Volk	1969–1973	ARENA
5	Waldemar Weber	1973–1977	ARENA
6	Nelson Dinnebier	1977–1983	PMDB
7	Pedro Bertolucci	1983–1988	PP
8	Nelson Dinnebier	1989–1992	PMDB
9	Pedro Bertolucci	1993–1996	PP
10	Nelson Dinnebier	1997–2000	PMDB
11	Pedro Bertolucci	2001–2004	PP
12	Pedro Bertolucci	2005–2008	PP
13	Nestor Tissot	2009 – Current	PP

Notes

• Casagrande, Gilnei. "Avenida Borges de Medeiros." gramadosite.com. 31 January 2006. 15 September 2006 .
• Gramado Town Charter.