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The Government of Amsterdam consists of several territorial and functional forms of local and regional government. The principal form of government is the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The municipality's territory covers the city of Amsterdam as well as a number of small towns. The city of Amsterdam is also part of several functional forms of regional government. These include the Waterschap (water board) of Amstel, Gooi en Vecht, which is responsible for water management, and the Stadsregio (City Region) of Amsterdam, which has responsibilities in the areas of spatial planning and public transport.
The municipality of Amsterdam borders the municipalities of Diemen, De Ronde Venen, Ouder-Amstel, Amstelveen, Stichtse Vecht, Wijdemeren and Hilversum in the south, Haarlemmermeer in the west, and Zaanstad, Oostzaan, Landsmeer and Waterland in the north.
Weesp has been an urban area of the municipality of Amsterdam since 24 March 2022.[1]
Municipal government
Amsterdam City Council Gemeenteraad van Amsterdam | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairperson | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 45 |
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Political groups | Government (24)[2]
Opposition (21) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2022 |
Next election | 2026 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Amsterdam City Hall, located at Amstel 1 (Stopera building) | |
| Website | |
| https://www.amsterdam.nl/en/governance/city-council/ | |
The city of Amsterdam is a municipality under the Dutch Municipalities Act. It is governed by a municipal council (gemeenteraad, also known as 'city council', the principal legislative authority), a municipal executive board (college van burgemeester en wethouders), and a mayor (burgemeester). The mayor is both a member of the municipal executive board and an individual authority with a number of statutory responsibilities, mainly in the area of maintaining public order. The municipal council has 45 seats. Its members are elected for a four-year term through citywide elections on the basis of proportional representation.[3] Under the Municipalities Act, the mayor is appointed for a six-year term by the national government upon nomination by the municipal council. The other members of the executive board (wethouders, or 'alderpersons') are appointed directly by the municipal council, but may be dismissed at any time after a no-confidence vote in the council. Because of this parliamentary system, the alderpersons are not appointed until a governing majority in the council has reached a coalition agreement following council elections.
In July 2010, Eberhard van der Laan (Labour Party) was appointed mayor of Amsterdam by the national government for a six-year term after being nominated by the Amsterdam municipal council.[4] After the 2014 municipal council elections, a governing majority of D66, VVD and SP was formed - the first coalition without the Labour Party since World War II.[5] Next to the mayor, the municipal executive board consists of eight wethouders ('alderpersons') appointed by the municipal council: four D66 alderpersons, two VVD alderpersons and two SP alderpersons.[6]
Municipal Government 2006–2010
After the 2006 municipal elections a coalition was formed between PvdA and GroenLinks, with a majority of 27 out of 45. These elections saw a political landslide throughout the country, with a strong shift to the left, of which Amsterdam was a prime example. The much talked about all-left-wing coalition of PvdA, GroenLinks and SP that polls indicate would become possible after the national elections of 2006 and that was such a political success in Nijmegen had its largest majority in Amsterdam, apart from some small towns. PvdA even needed only 3 more seats to form a coalition and could thus take its pick, which forced potential coalition partners to give in on a lot of issues. In the case of GroenLinks, this was mostly the policy of preventive searching by the police, which they were opposed to but had to allow.
In total, 24 parties took part in the elections, including 11 new ones, but only 7 got seats.
| Name | Portfolio | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Cohen | mayor Safety & Internal Affairs |
PvdA | |
| Lodewijk Asscher | vice-mayor Finance & Economy |
PvdA | |
| Freek Ossel[7] | Education & Income | PvdA | |
| Carolien Gehrels | Culture & Recreation | PvdA | |
| Hans Gerson[8] | Transport & Housing | PvdA | |
| Maarten van Poelgeest | Spatial Planning | GL | |
| Marijke Vos | Environment & Health | GL |
| Party | seats | change from 2002 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 20 |  5
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| VVD | 8 |  1
| |
| GreenLeft | 7 | 1
| |
| Socialist Party | 6 | 2
| |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 2 | 2
| |
| Democrats 66 | 2 | 1
| |
| AA/De Groenen | 0 | 1
| |
| Mokum Mobiel | 0 | 1
| |
| Total | 45 | - | |
Municipal Government 2010–2014
Dutch municipal elections, 2010:
| Name | Portfolio | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eberhard van der Laan | mayor Safety & Internal Affairs |
PvdA | |
| Pieter Hilhorst[9] | vice-mayor Finance & Education |
PvdA | |
| Freek Ossel | Housing | PvdA | |
| Carolien Gehrels | Economy & Culture | PvdA | |
| Eric van der Burg | Health & Schiphol | VVD | |
| Eric Wiebes | Transport | VVD | |
| Maarten van Poelgeest | Spatial Planning | GL | |
| Andrée van Es | Income | GL |
| Party | seats | change from 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 15 | 5
| |
| VVD | 8 |  0
| |
| GreenLeft | 7 | 0
| |
| Democrats 66 | 7 | 5
| |
| Socialist Party | 3 | 3
| |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 2 | 0
| |
| Save Amsterdam | 1 | 1
| |
| Proud of the Netherlands | 1 | 1
| |
| Party for the Animals | 1 | 1
| |
| Total | 45 | - | |
Municipal Government 2014–2018
Dutch municipal elections, 2014:
| Name | Portfolio | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eberhard van der Laan | mayor Safety, Internal Affairs & Finance |
PvdA | |
| Kajsa Ollongren | vice-mayor Amsterdam-Centrum, Economy, Port, Schiphol & Culture |
D66 | |
| Udo Kock | Amsterdam-West, Finance & Water Resource Management | D66 | |
| Simone Kukenheim | Amsterdam-Oost, Education & Integration | D66 | |
| Abdeluheb Choho | Public Space, Climate & ICT | D66 | |
| Eric van der Burg | Amsterdam-Zuid, Health, Sport & Spatial Planning | VVD | |
| Pieter Litjens | Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Transport & Real Estate | VVD | |
| Laurens Ivens | Amsterdam-Noord, Housing & Animal Welfare | SP | |
| Arjan Vliegenthart | Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Labour, Income & Poverty | SP |
| Party | seats | change from 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats 66 | 14 | 7
| |
| Labour Party | 10 | 5
| |
| VVD | 6 | 2
| |
| GreenLeft | 6 | 1
| |
| Socialist Party | 6 | 3
| |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 1 | 1
| |
| Party for the Animals | 1 | 0
| |
| Party for the Senior Citizens | 1 | 1
| |
| Save Amsterdam | 0 | 1
| |
| Proud of the Netherlands | 0 | 1
| |
| Total | 45 | - | |
Municipal Government 2018–2022
Dutch municipal elections, 2018:
| Name | Portfolio | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Femke Halsema | Mayor of Amsterdam General Affairs, Safety, Legal Affairs, & Communications |
GL | |
| Marieke van Doorninck | Spatial Development, & Sustainability | GL | |
| Rutger Groot Wassink | Social Affairs, Democratization, & Diversity | GL | |
| Touria Meliani | Arts and Culture, & Digital City | GL | |
| Sharon Dijksma | Traffic and Transport, Water, & Air quality | PvdA | |
| Marjolein Moorman | Education, Poverty, & Civic Integration | PvdA | |
| Udo Kock | Finance, Economic Affairs, & Zuidas | D66 | |
| Simone Kukenheim | Care, Youth, Education and Training, & Sport | D66 | |
| Laurens Ivens | Housing, Construction, & Public Space | SP |
