The current mayor of Pontevedra is Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, in office since 4 July 1999.

The city council is composed by three bodies: the mayor who leads the city council; the executive branch, the governing council, composed by the mayor and the councillors appointed by him; and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Pontevedra.

The mayor is elected by the members of the plenary among its members the day the new municipal corporation is formed after the local election.

[1] Since 2010, its central administrative services are housed in the Michelena 30 building.

[2] Between 2010 and 2024, during a comprehensive reform of the City Hall, the council plenary sessions were held at the Principal Theatre.