The São Paulo Municipal Government, composed of the Executive and the Legislative branches, is based in São Paulo, which is the main financial, corporate and commercial center in Latin America and the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere.

[1][2][3] The executive is represented by the mayor and his cabinet of secretaries, according to the model proposed by the Federal Constitution.

Eligibility requirements for both positions are Brazilian nationality, exercise of political rights, electoral domicile in the city, party membership and a minimum age of 21.

Currently, the subprefectures are:[35][36] The legislature is unicameral and exercised by the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo, formed by 55 councillors elected to four-year terms and based at the Anchieta Palace.

It prepares the municipal laws, supervises the work of the executive and suggests actions to benefit the population.