Government of Amsterdam

Template:Short description 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.<ref name="herindeling">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Municipal government

Femke Halsema, mayor of Amsterdam since 2018.

Template:Infobox legislature 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 three 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.

Municipal Executives

Name	Portfolio	Party
Job Cohen	mayor Safety & Internal Affairs	PvdA
Lodewijk Asscher	vice-mayor Finance & Economy	PvdA
Freek Ossel<ref>Replaced Template:Ill since March/April 2008. Buyne replaced Ahmed Aboutaleb since March 14, 2007.</ref>	Education & Income	PvdA
Carolien Gehrels	Culture & Recreation	PvdA
Hans Gerson<ref>Replaced Template:Ill since April 1, 2009.</ref>	Transport & Housing	PvdA
Maarten van Poelgeest	Spatial Planning	GL
Marijke Vos	Environment & Health	GL

Municipal Council

Party		seats	change from 2002
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party	20	Template:Increase 5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	VVD	8	Template:Decrease 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	GreenLeft	7	Template:Increase 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Socialist Party	6	Template:Increase 2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Christian Democratic Appeal	2	Template:Decrease 2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Democrats 66	2	Template:Decrease 1
	AA/De Groenen	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Mokum Mobiel	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Total	45	-

Municipal Government 2010–2014

Dutch municipal elections, 2010:

Municipal Executives

Name	Portfolio	Party
Eberhard van der Laan	mayor Safety & Internal Affairs	PvdA
Pieter Hilhorst<ref>Replaced Lodewijk Asscher since November 28, 2012.</ref>	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

Municipal Council

Party		seats	change from 2006
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party	15	Template:Decrease 5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	VVD	8	Template:Steady 0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	GreenLeft	7	Template:Steady 0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Democrats 66	7	Template:Increase 5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Socialist Party	3	Template:Decrease 3
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Christian Democratic Appeal	2	Template:Steady 0
	Save Amsterdam	1	Template:Increase 1
	Proud of the Netherlands	1	Template:Increase 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Party for the Animals	1	Template:Increase 1
	Total	45	-

Municipal Government 2014–2018

Dutch municipal elections, 2014:

Municipal Executives

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

Municipal Council

Party		seats	change from 2010
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Democrats 66	14	Template:Increase 7
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Labour Party	10	Template:Decrease 5
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	VVD	6	Template:Decrease 2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	GreenLeft	6	Template:Decrease 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Socialist Party	6	Template:Increase 3
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Christian Democratic Appeal	1	Template:Decrease 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Party for the Animals	1	Template:Steady 0
	Party for the Senior Citizens	1	Template:Increase 1
	Save Amsterdam	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Proud of the Netherlands	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Total	45	-

Municipal Government 2018–2022

Dutch municipal elections, 2018:

Municipal Executives

Name	Portfolio	Party
Femke Halsema	Mayor of Amsterdam General Affairs, Safety, Legal Affairs, & Communications	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Marieke van Doorninck	Spatial Development, & Sustainability	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Rutger Groot Wassink	Social Affairs, Democratization, & Diversity	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Touria Meliani	Arts and Culture, & Digital City	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Sharon Dijksma	Traffic and Transport, Water, & Air quality	PvdA	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Marjolein Moorman	Education, Poverty, & Civic Integration	PvdA	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Udo Kock	Finance, Economic Affairs, & Zuidas	D66	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Simone Kukenheim	Care, Youth, Education and Training, & Sport	D66	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Laurens Ivens	Housing, Construction, & Public Space	SP	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|

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Municipal Government 2022–present

Municipal Executives

Name	Portfolio	Party
Femke Halsema	Mayor of Amsterdam General Affairs, Safety, Legal Affairs, & Communications	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Marjolein Moorman	Education, Poverty, Civic Integration, Masterplan Zuidoost	PvdA	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Sofyan Mbarki	Economic Affairs, Sport & Recreation, MBO Agenda, Vocational Education & Labour Market Integration, Youth Work, Inner City Affairs	PvdA	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Hester van Buren	Finance, Personnel & Organisation, Coordination of operations, Services, Air and Sea Port, Coordination of purchasing	PvdA	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Rutger Groot Wassink	Social Affairs, Shelter, Municipal Holdings, Democratization, Development Plan Nieuw-West	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Zita Pels	Sustainability & Circular Economy, Public Housing	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Touria Meliani	Arts and Culture, Monuments & Heritage, Events, Inclusion and Antidiscrimination policy	GL	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Reinier van Dantzig	Housing construction, Land & Development, Spatial Planning	D66	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Melanie van der Horst	Traffic, transport & air quality, Public Space & Green, Water, Development Plan Amsterdam-Noord)	D66	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
Shula Rijxman	Care & social development, Public Health & Prevention, ICT and Digital City, Local Media, Participations	D66	style="width: 3px"; bgcolor="Template:Party color"|

Mayors

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Boroughs & urban area

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The 7 boroughs of Amsterdam since May 1, 2010, plus Westpoort, which is directly governed by the municipality

Name	Designation	Areas
Centrum (Centre) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Binnenstad, Grachtengordel with Jordaan, Plantage, Westelijke Eilanden and Oostelijke Eilanden
Nieuw-West (New West) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Slotermeer, Geuzenveld, Slotervaart, Overtoomse Veld, Nieuw Sloten, Osdorp, De Aker and the villages Sloten and Oud-Osdorp
Noord (North) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Tuindorp Oostzaan, Kadoelen, Oostzanerwerf, Buiksloot, Buikslotermeer, Nieuwendam and Landelijk Noord, with the villages Schellingwoude, Durgerdam, Zunderdorp, Ransdorp, Holysloot
Oost (East) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Weesperzijde, Oosterparkbuurt, Dapperbuurt, Transvaalbuurt, Oostpoort, Watergraafsmeer, Indische Buurt, Oostelijk Havengebied, the Zeeburgereiland and IJburg
West {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Spaarndammerbuurt, Staatsliedenbuurt, Frederik Hendrikbuurt, Kinkerbuurt and surrounding Overtoom, Admiralenbuurt, surrounding Hoofdweg, Mercatorplein, Landlust, Bos en Lommer and the village Sloterdijk
Zuid (South) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	De Pijp, Museumkwartier, Willemspark, Schinkelbuurt, Hoofddorppleinbuurt, Stadionbuurt, Apollobuurt, Rivierenbuurt, Prinses Irenebuurt, Zuidas and Buitenveldert
Zuidoost (Southeast) {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Venserpolder, Bijlmer, Gaasperdam and Bullewijk
Weesp {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	the city Weesp and the village Driemond

Unlike most other Dutch municipalities, Amsterdam is subdivided into 7 boroughs (stadsdelen or 'districts') and 1 urban area (stadsgebied) Weesp.<ref name="stadsdelen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This system was implemented in the 1980s and significantly reformed in 2014. Before 2014, the boroughs 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 of these had their own district council (deelraad), chosen by a popular election. Local decisions were made at borough level, and only affairs pertaining the whole city (like major infrastructural projects), were delegated to the central city council. As of 2014, the powers of the boroughs have been significantly reduced, although they still have an elected council called bestuurscommissie ('district committee').

On 24 March 2022, the city of Weesp merged with Amsterdam.<ref name="herindeling" /> Thus Weesp became an urban area of the municipality of Amsterdam.<ref name="herindeling" /> Westpoort covers the western harbour area of Amsterdam. This is not a borough, because it has very few inhabitants and it is governed directly by the central municipal council.

Population centers

Amsterdam, Driemond, Durgerdam, Holysloot, 't Nopeind, Osdorp, Ransdorp, Sloten, Sloterdijk, Zunderdorp.

International cooperation

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• Template:Flagicon Accra, Ghana
• Template:Flagicon Beira, Mozambique
• Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
• Template:Flagicon İzmit, Turkey
• Template:Flagicon Managua, Nicaragua
• Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia
• Template:Flagicon Suriname

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• Template:Flagicon Accra, Ghana
• Template:Flagicon Beijing, China
• Template:Flagicon Cape Town, South Africa
• Template:Flagicon Halifax, Canada
• Template:Flagicon San Pédro, Ivory Coast
• Template:Flagicon Xiamen, China

External links

• Template:Official website
• Publication by the SDU staatscourant
• Statistics Netherlands, publication on Amsterdam