 Executive power is exercised by the mayor, aided by his cabinet of secretaries and elected by direct vote for a four-year term.Vinhedo had as first mayor Abrahão Aun, who remained in the position between 1949 and 1953.The current mayor is Jaime César da Cruz, deputy mayor who was sworn in after the removal of former President Milton Álvaro Serafim and elected in the first round of the 2016 elections, with Claudineia Vendemiatti Serafim, both of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB).