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Bruce M. Botelho retired in October 2012, after completing four terms as mayor of Juneau, the longest-serving mayor in Juneau’s history. Mayor Botelho also served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue and later as Deputy Attorney General of the Alaska Department of Law until his appointment as Attorney General in December 1994, serving until December 2002, thus achieving the distinction as the longest-serving attorney general since statehood.

In his capacity as mayor, he served as a commissioner on the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission and as a director of the Alaska Municipal League. He is a past president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. He recently completed service as the public policy chair of the Foraker Group and as a board member of the Alaska Humanities Forum.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Alaska State Bar Association’s 2005 Pro Bono Award, its 2007 Jay Rabinowitz Public Service Award, and the Alaska Municipal League’s 2011 Vic Fischer Local Government Leadership Award. In 2018, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in laws from the University of Alaska Southeast. He is married to Lupita Alvarez and they have two children: Alejandro and Adriana.

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