Bruce Botelho
| Bruce M. Botelho | |
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| Mayor of Juneau, Alaska | |
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In office October 27, 2003 – October 11, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sally Smith |
| Succeeded by | Merrill Sanford |
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In office October 1988 – October 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Ernest E. Polley |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Parsons |
| Alaska Attorney General | |
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In office January 12, 1994 – December 2002 |
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| Governor |
Wally Hickel Tony Knowles |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Cole |
| Succeeded by | Gregg D. Renkes |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 6, 1948 Juneau, Alaska |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Maria De Guadalupe Alvarez |
| Children | Alex, Adriana |
| Profession | lawyer |
Bruce M. Botelho (born October 6, 1948) is an American attorney and politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He served as the mayor of Juneau from 1988 to 1991 and from 2003 to 2012. Born and raised in Juneau, where his father was a top official of the Alaska Highway Patrol, Botelho has pursued concurrent careers in law and politics, largely with success. Botelho, in 2012, is finishing his third consecutive term as mayor, having first been elected in 2003. He also previously served a term as mayor from 1988 to 1991, defeating former Alaska Secretary of State Robert W. Ward in the election. He spent most of his professional career as an employee of the Alaska Department of Law. He rose to the top position in the department in 1994, when Governor Walter Hickel appointed him to be the Alaska Attorney General. Retained by Hickel's successor, Tony Knowles, Botelho served as Attorney General for nearly nine years before retiring from state service.
Bruce M. Botelho was born in Juneau, Alaska, on October 6, 1948. He was raised in that city and in Anchorage, graduating from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1966, after which he attended school in Germany as an exchange student. He graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, with a Bachelor of Arts in German Literature in 1971. Botelho then went to law school and graduated from Willamette’s School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1976. He also earned a ZP (Germanistik), at Ruprecht Karl Universität in Heidelberg, Germany. He married the former Maria De Guadalupe Alvarez, known as Lupita, and they have two children, Alex and Adriana. Bruce is an accomplished international folk dancer.
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