Government of Rotterdam

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Rotterdam City Council

Gemeenteraad van Rotterdam
Gemeenteraad Gemeente Rotterdam logo.png
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairperson
Structure
Seats45
Political groups
Government (25) [1]
  •   Livable Rotterdam (10)
  •   VVD (6)
  •   D66 (5)
  •   DENK (4)

Opposition (20)

Elections
Last election
2022
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Rotterdam stadhuis.jpg
Rotterdam City Hall
Website
https://www.rotterdam.nl/en/city-government

The Government of Rotterdam is the government of the municipality and city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Most of the inhabitants live in the city of Rotterdam, but the municipality also covers a number of small villages, and other parts of the local government, such as Rozenburg, cover an even larger area.

Contents

City council

Results of the elections of 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022: [2]

City council seats
Party % 2002 % 2006 % 2010 % 2014 % 2018 % 2022S. 2002S. 2006S. 2010S. 2014S. 2018S. 2022
Livable Rotterdam 34.729.728.627.520.520.1171414141110
VVD 9.86.29.67.510.711.3434356
GreenLeft 6.54.37.34.99.910.0323255
D66 5.12.29.312.79.99.9214655
PvdA 22.437.428.915.89.78.6111814854
DENK 7.47.844
Volt 5.22
PvdD 2.53.54.3112
BIJ1 4.12
50+ 3.23.611
CU/SGP ¹2.72.43.03.23.03.4111111
SP 4.06.65.610.54.92.9132521
CDA 11.37.76.75.94.72.9533321
FVD 2.31
NIDA 4.85.422
PVV 3.51
Cityparty Rotterdam2.51.010
Others1.02.51.14.64.23.5000000
Turnout54.857.846.045.146.738.9
Seats454545454545

¹ In 2022 only CU.

City executive

City executive 2002 - 2006

Pim Fortuyn of Leefbaar Rotterdam (right-wing populistic) won the elections on 6 March 2002 with 17 seats and formed a new coalition with the CDA (Christian democratic) and VVD (liberal) that unseated the PvdA (labour) which had ruled Rotterdam for decades. Only three months to the day later he was assassinated.

City executive 2006 - 2010

The coalition mayor and aldermen for the period 2006-2010 was formed by a coalition of the parties PvdA (labour), CDA (Christian democratic), VVD (liberal) and GroenLinks (green left). The college was sworn in on May 18, 2006.

The college since its inauguration in 2006 had a number of cycles. VVD alderman Roelf de Boer retreated from his position in 2007. In 2008, GreenLeft alderman Orhan Kaya was replaced by Rik Grashoff. In April 2009 VVD left the coalition, [3] though it retained a slim majority of 23 of the 45 seats. The two VVD aldermen Jeannette Baljeu and Mark Harbers were replaced by CDA and PvdA aldermen. This left the CDA with three council seats and three aldermen, a remarkable situation. In July 2009 CDA alderman Leonard Geluk joined the coalition but he stepped down prematurely, because of his new position as chairman of ROC Netherlands.

City executive 2010 - 2014

The city board of mayor and aldermen was formed by four parties: PvdA (labour), VVD (conservative-liberal), D66 (social-liberal), and CDA (Christian-democratic).

Aldermen were: Jeannette Baljeu, Hugo de Jonge, Hamit Karakus, Jantine Kriens, Antoinette Laan and Korrie Louwes (Dominic Schrijer resigned on May 17, 2011).

City executive 2014 - 2018

The city board of mayor and aldermen was formed by three parties: Leefbaar Rotterdam (right-wing populistic), D66 (social-liberal), and CDA (Christian-democratic).

Aldermen were: Joost Eerdmans, Hugo de Jonge, Pex Langenberg, Ronald Schneider, Maarten Struijvenberg and Adriaan Visser.

City executive 2018 - 2022

The city board of mayor and aldermen was formed by seven parties: VVD (conservative liberal), D66 (social liberal), GL (green left), PvdA (social democratic), CDA (Christian democratic), and CU-SGP (conservative Christian).

Alder(wo)men were: [4]

  1. Judith Bokhove (GL)
  2. Arno Bonte (GL)
  3. Christine Eskes (CDA) - replacement of Sven de Langen
  4. Arjan van Gils (D66)
  5. Michiel Grauss (CU-SGP)
  6. Vincent Karremans (VVD) - replacement of Bert Wijbenga
  7. Said Kasmi (D66)
  8. Bas Kurvers (VVD)
  9. Richard Moti (PvdA)
  10. Roos Vermeij (PvdA) - replacement of Barbara Kathmann

City executive 2022 - 2026

In 2022, Leefbaar Rotterdam (right-wing populistic) have again won the elections and have formed a coalition with VVD (conservative liberal), D66 (social liberal) and DENK (multicultural). [5]

Mayors

The mayor (of Rotterdam) is part of the city executive and chairs the city council. Current mayor is Carola Schouten (CU).

Mayors since World War II:

Boroughs

Rotterdam boroughs and neighborhoods. Rotterdamse wijken.PNG
Rotterdam boroughs and neighborhoods.

Until 19 March 2014, Rotterdam's fourteen boroughs had the formal status of submunicipalities ( deelgemeenten ) under the Dutch Municipalities Act. [6] The submunicipalities were responsible for many activities that previously had been run by the central city. The idea was to bring the government closer to the people. All submunicipalities had their own deelgemeenteraad ('submunicipal council'), direct elected by the borough's inhabitants. The district councils enjoyed far-reaching autonomous decisionmaking powers in many policy areas. Only affairs pertaining the whole city such as major infrastructural projects remained within the jurisdiction of by the central municipal council.

In 2014, the submunicipalities were abolished by law, but Rotterdam maintained its boroughs. The district councils were replaced with smaller, but still directly elected gebiedscommissies ('area committees'). The area committees no longer have autonomous powers, but instead act primarily as advisory and participatory bodies for the central municipal council. [7]

The fourteen boroughs of Rotterdam are:

The port areas are governed directly by the central municipality.

Annexations and reclassifications

The city of Rotterdam was especially strong growth since 1850. Initially they tried to accommodate the population within existing municipal boundaries, but this soon proved inadequate. Therefore, sequentially neighboring municipalities annexed or she had to cede territory to Rotterdam. An overview of these annexations and reclassifications:

* The municipality Katendrecht in 1873 annexed by the municipality Charlois

** The city annexed Pernis in 1834 the town 's-Gravenambacht

International relations

Rotterdam has the following city and port connections throughout the world:

Twin towns – sister cities

Rotterdam is twinned with:

Partner cities

Sister ports

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