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    In the Netherlands, the municipal council (Dutch: gemeenteraad) is the elected assembly of a municipality. Its main role is laying down the guidelines...
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    In the Netherlands, the municipal executive (Dutch: college van burgemeester en wethouders, oftentimes abbreviated to college van B en W; lit. 'college...
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  • A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality...
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    the Netherlands. Not every Dutch municipality has or had its own flag. It is the municipal council that decides whether and, if so, which municipal flag...
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    Caribbean Netherlands and are not part of a province. The municipalities are governed by both a board of mayor and aldermen and a municipal council. The municipal...
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  • Netherlands. It is similar to municipal council in the European part of the Netherlands. Currently three island councils exist in:  Bonaire  Sint Eustatius...
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    of 342 municipalities in the Netherlands. In municipal politics there are three functions: the Mayor, the municipal council and the Aldermen. Together they...
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    head of government, the prime minister also represents the Netherlands in the European Council. The current prime minister, Dick Schoof, has been in the...
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    the Netherlands. These municipalities resemble ordinary Dutch municipalities in most ways (e.g., they have mayors, aldermen, and municipal councils) and...
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    The Council of State (Dutch: Raad van State) is a constitutionally established advisory body in the Netherlands to the government and States General that...
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    members of the Senate of the States General of the Netherlands. The size of the provincial councils ranges from 39 members for a province with less than...
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  • member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder)...
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    only of the Council of Ministers and Government. Netherlands portal Politics portal Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands "The Dutch government...
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  • Municipal elections were held on 16 March 2022 in 333 municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determined the composition of the municipal councils...
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    flags of the Netherlands Flags of the Dutch royal family Flags of the provinces of the Netherlands List of municipal flags of the Netherlands Dutch national...
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    partners organised in the Social and Economic Council are important political institutions as well. The Netherlands does not have a traditional separation of...
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    divisible by four, and provincial elections one year after municipal elections. Municipal councils and States-Provincial cannot be dissolved, so no snap elections...
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  • councillor or councilor is an elected representative on a local government council. In the Netherlands, a member of the municipal council is called a gemeenteraadslid...
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    the Netherlands (Dutch: Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well...
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  • Night Mayor (originally Dutch: Nachtburgemeester) is a municipal title used for someone who represents and helps develop a city's nightlife. The earliest...
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  • It is governed by a municipal council (gemeenteraad, also known as 'city council', the principal legislative authority), a municipal executive board (college...
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    The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; in Papiamentu: Statuut di Reino Hulandes) is a...
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    Rhenen (category Cities in the Netherlands)
    station The Municipal council (Netherlands) of Rhenen consists of 19 members sinds March 2022 The Municipal Executive of Rhenen in for the council term of...
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    King's commissioner (category Monarchy of the Netherlands)
    part in the appointment of municipal mayors. When a vacancy arises, the King's Commissioner first asks the municipal council for its views as to a successor...
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  • [ˈkrɪs.tənˈy.ni], CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party, maintaining more progressive stances on...
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    government of the Netherlands in The Hague. The government of each province consists of three major parts: The provincial council (Provinciale Staten)...
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    legislatures) and municipal councils that were independent from the national party system. In the predominantly Catholic south of the Netherlands during the...
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    municipal councils for the following four years. Municipal elections are, unless exempted by an act of parliament, held every fourth year in the Netherlands as...
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    provincial executive and municipal executive. The lieutenant governor (gezaghebber) – chair of the island council and executive council, appointed by the Crown...
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    General of the Netherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ˌɣeːnəˈraːl] ) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the...
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