President pro tempore of Mercosur

President pro tempore of Mercosur
Presidente pro tempore do Mercosul (Portuguese)
Presidente pro tempore de Mercosur (Spanish)
Flag of Mercosur in Spanish and Portuguese
Incumbent
Paraguay Santiago Peña
since 7 December 2023
StyleMr. President (informal)
The Most Excellent (formal)
His Excellency (alternative formal, diplomatic)
Term lengthApproximately 6 months
Constituting instrumentTreaty of Asunción
Inaugural holderCarlos Menem
Websitewww.mercosur.int

The President pro tempore of Mercosur (PPT) is the highest legal-political representative pro tempore of the Southern Common Market (Mercosul). The office is held for a six-month period by a head of State of one of the State members. It is alternated, in alphabetical order, among the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela (suspended from the organization).

The ceremonial mallet given to the holders of President pro tempore of Mercosur is a handicraft gavel, which is given to every new holder.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mujica assume presidência do Mercosul e diz que "fará o possível"". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Em cúpula, Brasil passa ao Uruguai presidência do Mercosul". ExpressoMT (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2023.