Definition of Mayor
Intendente is a term derived from the Latin intendens ,
in turn derived from intendĕre (which can be translated as "direct" ). Depending
on the region , the concept has different uses.
The first meaning indicated by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE )
in its dictionary refers to the individual who is the highest authority in
economic matters. The notion also refers to various positions of leadership and direction .
In the broadest sense, mayors are officials with
faculties and competences over a certain territory. In several South
American countries the intendants are the municipal agents : they are
in charge of the Executive Power of a municipality .
An intendant, in this framework, is an authority that
exercises its power in a specific administrative entity (the
municipality). While a president governs the destinies of a country and a
governor of a state or province, an intendant directs the municipal government.
The scope of this charge depends on the political and legal
order of each nation . The mayor can govern a single city or
several localities that are part of the same major division.
In the province of Buenos Aires ( Argentina ),
for example, each mayor heads the Executive Power of a party ,
which in turn can be formed by many cities. The inhabitants of the parties
elect their mayor through an electoral process and grant him a term of four
years.
The Party of La Matanza , to cite a case, is the
most populated in the province of Buenos Aires . Its mayor
governs sixteen cities , such as San Justo , Aldo
Bonzi , Lomas del Mirador , Ramos Mejia , Tapiales and Virrey
del Pino , among others.
