Junta de freguesia

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The junta de freguesia (Portuguese for "parish board") is the executive body of a freguesia (civil parish), a subdivision of each municipality of Portugal. Each freguesia also has a legislature, this being the assembleia de freguesia (parish assembly).

Each junta includes a President and several other board members, elected by the assembleia de freguesia from their own members, with the President being always the first of the most voted list in the local elections.{{cite web|url= http://www.anafre.pt/informacoes-gerais/ficheiros/Freguesia_Orgaos.pdf|title= FREGUESIA - ÓRGÃOS|author= Associação Nacional de Freguesias|access-date= 31 January 2014|work= anafre.pt|language= Portuguese|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140201200637/http://www.anafre.pt/informacoes-gerais/ficheiros/Freguesia_Orgaos.pdf|archive-date= 1 February 2014}}

The laws regulating the juntas de freguesia are Law 169/99, of 18 September 1999 and Law 5-A/2002 of 11 January 2002.{{cite web |url= http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2002/01/009A01/00020032.PDF|title= Lei n.o 5-A/2002 de 11 de Janeiro|author= Assembly of the Republic|date= 28 January 2013|access-date= 31 January 2014|work= Diário da República|language= Portuguese}}

A junta de freguesia is a level lower than the câmara municipal.