Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb will step down as mayor of Rotterdam later this year. After more than fifteen years, he thinks it’s time to make room for someone else. He has been mayor of the city since 2009.
Aboutaleb began his third term in 2021. That term lasts six years. So he will not complete his mandate.
Aboutaleb (62) says he thought about this moment carefully. “The city council and council are now almost halfway through their mandate and are well established in managing the city,” the mayor said in a press release. “This chosen moment also offers sufficient space to appoint a new mayor before the next municipal elections.”
It has not yet been established exactly when it will stop. “Until my appointment is final, I will continue to carry out my duties as mayor with unchanged commitment,” promises Aboutaleb.
With his fifteen years as mayor of Rotterdam, he is one of the longest-serving mayors in the Netherlands. Only nine of our country’s 342 mayors have been in office longer than Aboutaleb.
Aboutaleb has not said what he will do after he retires as mayor. The PvdA member was a city councilor in Amsterdam from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2008 he was Undersecretary of State for Social Affairs and Labour.
2024-01-09 17:36:43
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