Editing Fortaleza (section)

==Politics==

[[File:Secretaria da Fazenda do Estado do Ceará.JPG|thumb|Edson Ramalho Palace, seat of Ceará's Economy Secretariat.]]

The administration of the municipality is made from the executive and legislative branches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/constituicaocompilado.htm|title=Constituição do Brasil|publisher=Palácio do Planalto|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505161928/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/ConstituicaoCompilado.htm|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Former mayor [[Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra|Roberto Cláudio]], of the [[Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)|PDT]], won 650,607 votes in the 2012 election, and was elected mayor.<ref name="prefeito">{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/ce/ceara/apuracao/fortaleza.html |title=Eleições 2012: Apuração: Fortaleza |publisher=G1 |access-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430115330/http://g1.globo.com/ce/ceara/apuracao/fortaleza.html |archive-date=April 30, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="prefeito-2">{{cite web |url=http://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2012/fortaleza/ |title=Fortaleza: Apuração do segundo turno |date=October 30, 2012 |publisher=Uol |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025075306/https://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2012/fortaleza/ |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Legislative power rests with the City Council of Fortaleza, composed of 43 city councilors, elected for four-year terms, responsible for drafting municipal laws and supervising the executive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/cadernos/politica/online/fortaleza-ja-conhece-os-43-vereadores-que-ocuparao-a-camara-municipal-1.859431|title=Fortaleza já conhece os 43 vereadores que ocuparão a Câmara Municipal|date=September 7, 2012|publisher=Diário do Nordeste|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022521/http://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/cadernos/politica/online/fortaleza-ja-conhece-os-43-vereadores-que-ocuparao-a-camara-municipal-1.859431|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The municipality is, in addition, governed by organic law. In January 2015, there were 1,659,091 voters in Fortaleza (26.457% of the total state),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmfor.ce.gov.br/bimg04/leis_brasil/lorg.htm|title=Lei Orgânica de Fortaleza|date=2012|publisher=CMFOR|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730064933/http://www.cmfor.ce.gov.br/bimg04/leis_brasil/lorg.htm|archive-date=July 30, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> distributed in thirteen electoral zones. The number of persons directly and indirectly employed in the municipal public administration in 2013 was respectively 31,318 and 4,950.<ref name="Gestão">{{Cite web|url=http://munic.ibge.gov.br/sel_tema.php?ano=2013&munic=230440&uf=&nome=Fortaleza|title=Perfil dos municípios brasileiros - Fortaleza|date=2013|publisher=IBGE|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025075143/https://munic.ibge.gov.br/sel_tema.php?ano=2013&munic=230440&uf=&nome=Fortaleza|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The city also houses the seat of state executive power, the Abolition Palace, previously occupied by former governor [[Camilo Santana]], of the [[Worker's Party (Brazil)|PT]], elected in the [[Brazilian general election, 2014|general elections in Brazil in 2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/2015/01/no-ceara-camilo-santana-sucede-padrinho-politico-e-ministro-cid.html|title=No Ceará, Camilo Santana sucede padrinho político e ministro Cid|date=1 January 2015|publisher=G1|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025024002/http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/2015/01/no-ceara-camilo-santana-sucede-padrinho-politico-e-ministro-cid.html|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> historically headquarters of the Iracema Club, which was Ceded to the Municipal Hall and now houses municipal executive bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gabgov.ce.gov.br/index.php/sedes-historicas/palacio-iracema|title=Palácio Iracema|date=25 April 2011|publisher=Governo do Estado do Ceará|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802015613/http://www.gabgov.ce.gov.br/index.php/sedes-historicas/palacio-iracema|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In the city, there is the Administrative Center Governor Virgílio Távora.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceara.gov.br/index.php/secretarias-e-vinculadas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405081250/http://www.ceara.gov.br/index.php/secretarias-e-vinculadas|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2010|title=Governo do Estado do Ceará, Secretários e Órgãos vinculados|publisher=Governo do Estado do Ceará|access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref>

Among the institutions present in the city, are the Fortaleza Air Base, the Port Authority of Ceará, School of Apprentice Sailors of Ceará and the Command of the Tenth Military Region.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} The city also has units of the International Committee of the [[Red Cross]] and [[UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catracalivre.com.br/geral/emprego-trabalho/indicacao/faca-a-diferenca-unesco-e-unicef-tem-vagas-de-emprego/|title=Faça a diferença|date=22 July 2014|publisher=Catraca Livre|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215113324/https://catracalivre.com.br/geral/emprego-trabalho/indicacao/faca-a-diferenca-unesco-e-unicef-tem-vagas-de-emprego/|archive-date=February 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 1996, a city is part of the Common Market of Cities of [[Mercosur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercociudades.org/pt-br/node/2313|title=Fortaleza|publisher=Mercociudades|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507093134/http://mercociudades.org/pt-br/node/2313|archive-date=May 7, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>