Superior Mayor of Bogotá
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The Superior Mayor of Bogotá (Alcalde Mayor de Bogotá) is the highest administrative authority of the Special District of Bogotá,[3] and the head of the executive branch of the local government of Bogotá. The mayor heads the district's government alongside the districtal secretaries and the chiefs of the administrative departments.
The mayor is not the highest political authority of Bogotá, that distinction belonging to the District's City Council, which is charged with creating municipal ordinances and overseeing the mayor's duties.[3] The mayor is elected every four years by popular vote and is usually considered by general opinion to be the second most important political post in Colombia second only to the President of the Republic.[4] The Superior Mayor of Bogota's Office oversees twenty local municipalities (localidades) which each have their own local Mayors.