Mayor-President, City of Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge Parish

🏛️ What the job does

The Mayor-President is the chief executive officer of the combined City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish government. The office prepares the annual budget, supervises city-parish departments, appoints their heads (including the police and fire chiefs) and acts on ordinances passed by the Metro Council. Voters across the parish elect the Mayor-President to a four-year term. A person elected to three consecutive full terms may not run for the next one. Next election: November 2028.