Government of Rotterdam

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.

Local government

City council 2006 - 2010

The 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-waved alderman in 2007 Roelf de Boer for a burnout down. In 2008, GreenLeft alderman Orhan Kaya replaced by Rik Grashoff. In April 2009 joined the VVD from the council, the coalition remained intact^[1] and still had a slim majority of 23 of the 45 seats. The two VVD aldermen Jeannette Baljeu and Mark Harbers were replaced by a CDA and PvdA alderman. This was the CDA with only three council seats, three aldermen - a remarkable situation. In July 2009 joined CDA alderman Leonard Geluk. However, because a new job as chairman of ROC Netherlands. With this was Geluk the fifth alderman since 2006 stepped down prematurely.

City council 2010 - 2014

The city council is formed by four parties: CDA (Christian Democratic), D66 (Left Liberal), PvdA (Labour) and VVD (Liberal).

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

Results of the elections of 2002, 2006 and 2010:

City councils
Party	% 2002	% 2006	% 2010	S. 2002	S. 2006	S. 2010
PvdA	22,4	37,4	28,9	11 (10)	18	14
Livable Rotterdam	34,7	29,7	28,6	17 (13)	14	14
CDA	11,3	7,7	6,7	5	3	3
SP	4,0	6,6	5,6	1	3	2
VVD	9,8	6,2	9,6	4	3	4
GreenLeft	6,5	4,3	7,3	3 (2)	2	3
CU/SGP	2,7	2,4	3,0	1	1	1
D66	5,1	2,2	9,3	2	1	4
Cityparty Rotterdam	2,5	1,0	-	1	0	-
Others	1,0	2,5	1,1	0 (6)	0	0
Emergence	54,8	57,8	46,0	45	45	45

Mayors

The mayor of Rotterdam is the head of the city council. The current mayor-designate is Ahmed Aboutaleb (PvdA). The mayors since the World War II are:

Pieter Oud (1945–1952)
Gerard van Walsum (1952–1965)
Wim Thomassen (1965–1974)
André van der Louw (1974–1981)
Bram Peper (1982–1998)
Ivo Opstelten (1999–2009)
Ahmed Aboutaleb (2010–present)

See also: List of mayors of Rotterdam

Boroughs

Current format

The municipality consists of 14 boroughs (deelgemeenten). ^[2] The boroughs are 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 have their own council, chosen by a popular election. It is governed by the central municipal council. Local decisions are made at borough level and only affairs pertaining the whole city (like major infrastructural projects), are delegated to the central city council.

The boroughs are:

The port areas are directly under the municipality

Districts

The boroughs are sometimes also divided into districts, but those are not administrative units within the municipality.

The districts are:

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:

1816 municipality Cool annexed.
1870 won territory of the municipalities Charlois, IJsselmonde and Katendrecht* serving ports and urban expansion on the current Kop van Zuid.
1886: annexation of the town Delfshaven (13,651 inhabitants)
1895: annexation of municipalities Charlois (12,154 inhabitants) and Kralingen (21,132 inhabitants), also won territory of the municipalities IJsselmonde and Overschie
1903 won territory of the municipality Overschie
1904 won territory of the municipality Hillegersberg
1909 won territory of the municipality of Schiedam
1914 won territory of the municipalities 's-Gravenzande (Hook of Holland village, population 2964), Naaldwijk and Rozenburg
1926 won territory of the municipality of Schiedam
1934: annexation of municipalities Hoogvliet (1331 inhabitants) and Pernis** (4988 inhabitants), also won territory of the municipalities Poortugaal, Rhoon and Schiedam
1939 won territory of the municipalities 's-Gravenzande and Naaldwijk
1940 won territory of the municipalities Schiedam and Overschie
1941: annexation of municipalities Hillegersberg (25,638 inhabitants), IJsselmonde (9183 inhabitants), Overschie (11,639 inhabitants) and Schiebroek (8030 inhabitants), also territories from the municipalities of Barendrecht, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Capelle aan den IJssel, Kethel en Spaland (both annexed by Schiedam), Rozenburg, Schiedam and Vlaardingen
1953 won and lost territory to the municipality of Schiedam
1966 won territory of the municipalities of Geervliet, Heenvliet, Rozenburg, Spijkenisse and Sienna serving the Europoort
1972 won and lost territory to the municipality Oostvoorne and won territory of the State (North) serving the Maasvlakte
1976 won and lost territory to the municipality Rhoon
1978 won and lost territory to the municipality Capelle aan den IJssel and territory from the municipality of Zevenhuizen^{[disambiguation needed]}
1980 won territory of the municipalities of Brielle, Rozenburg and Oostvoorne
1985 won territory of the municipalities and Poortugaal, Rozenburg (new housing east of Hoogvliet, 17,032 inhabitants) and lost to the municipality Albrandswaard (which was recorded simultaneously Poortugaal)
1995 won territory of the municipalities of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel and Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle serving the Vinex Nesselande district, also lost territory to Ridderkerk
1997 won territory of the municipality of Capelle aan den IJssel
2001 won and lost territory to the municipality Capelle aan den IJssel
2010: annexation of the town Rozenburg (ca. 12,500 inhabitants).