30 Facts About Bruce Botelho

Bruce M Botelho was born on October 6,1948 and is an American attorney and politician in the US state of Alaska.

Bruce Botelho served as the mayor of Juneau from 1988 to 1991 and from 2003 to 2012.

Bruce Botelho previously served a term as mayor from 1988 to 1991, defeating former Alaska Secretary of State Robert W Ward in the election.

Bruce Botelho spent most of his professional career as an employee of the Alaska Department of Law.

Bruce Botelho rose to the top position in the department in 1994, when Governor Walter Hickel appointed him to be the Alaska Attorney General.

Bruce M Botelho was born in Juneau, Alaska, on October 6,1948.

Bruce Botelho 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.

Bruce Botelho graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, with a Bachelor of Arts in German Literature in 1971.

Bruce Botelho then went to law school and graduated from Willamette's School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1976.

Bruce Botelho earned a ZP, at Ruprecht Karl Universitat in Heidelberg, Germany.

Immediately following law school, in 1976 Bruce Botelho was appointed an assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of Law, where he represented the departments of commerce and economic development and revenue.

Bruce Botelho served as counsel to the state board of education.

Bruce Botelho began his political career in 1983 when he was elected to the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly.

Bruce Botelho was elected as mayor of Juneau in October 1988, defeating former Lieutenant Governor Robert W Ward, serving until October 1991.

Bruce Botelho had returned to the Alaska Department of Law in mid-1987 as supervising attorney of the oil and gas section.

On January 12,1994 he was appointed by Governor Walter J Hickel as Attorney General and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature that May In December 1994, Governor Hickel was succeeded by Tony Knowles, who asked Botelho to continue in office.

Bruce Botelho chaired the Children's Confidentiality Task Force, the state team on state-tribal relations, the Governors Conference on Youth and Justice, and co-chaired the Criminal Justice Assessment Commission.

Bruce Botelho served as chief of staff for the Governor's Task Force on Civil Justice Reform and the Governor's Subsistence Task Force.

Bruce Botelho was an initial trustee of the Alaska Children's Trust.

Bruce Botelho was re-elected in October 2006 and again in October 2009.

Bruce Botelho organized and led a citizen's initiative to restore the program, collecting the requisite signatures in record time.

Bruce Botelho was tapped to serve on Bill Walker's gubernatorial transition team in 2014.

Bruce Botelho served as temporary coordinator for the transition effort, serving into the first weeks of Walker's administration as the new governor appointed, removed, and retained a number of state government appointees.

Bruce Botelho was one of the three prime sponsors of a statewide initiative known as "Ballot Measure 2" appearing on the 2020 Alaska general election ballot.

In late 2021, Bruce Botelho organized "Defend Our Constitution", a grass roots campaign to oppose the convention.

Bruce Botelho is a former trustee of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, an original trustee of the Alaska Children's Trust, and former chair of the Conference of Western Attorneys General.

Bruce Botelho has been an active participant in Scouting, having served as president of the Southeast Alaska Area Council, Boy Scouts of America and in numerous other volunteer Scouting capacities.

Bruce Botelho is the recipient of 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.

Bruce Botelho was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Alaska Southeast in May 2018.

Bruce Botelho married the former Maria De Guadalupe Alvarez, known as Lupita, and they have two children, Alex and Adriana.