Editing Bern (section)

=== Government ===
[[File:Erlacherhof.jpg|thumb|Erlacherhof]]
[[File:Rathaus (Bern).jpg|thumb|right|Rathaus]]
{{See also|List of mayors of Bern}}
{{See also|Gemeinderat (Bern)}}

The Municipal Council (de: '''Gemeinderat''', fr: '''conseil municipal''') constitutes the [[executive (government)|executive]] government of the City of Bern and operates as a [[collegiate authority]]. It is composed of five councillors ({{langx|de|Gemeinderat/-rätin}}, {{langx|fr|conseiller/conseillère municipal(e)}}), each presiding over a directorate (de: ''Direktion'', fr: ''direction'') comprising several departments and bureaus. The president of the executive department acts as [[mayor]] (de: ''Stadtpräsident/-präsidentin'', fr: ''Le Maire''). In the mandate period (''Legislatur'') 2025–2028, the Municipal Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsidentin'' {{ill|Marieke Kruit|de}}. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the City Council are carried by the Municipal Council. The regular election of the Municipal Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Bern allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Municipal Council. Contrary to most other municipalities, the executive government in Bern is selected by means of a system of [[Proportional representation|Proporz]]. The mayor is elected as such as well by public election while the heads of the other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The executive body holds its meetings in the [[Junkerngasse|Erlacherhof]], built by architect [[Albrecht Stürler]] after 1747.

{{As of|2025}}, Bern's Municipal Council is made up of two representatives of the SP ([[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]), and one each of GFL (''Grüne Freie Liste'' a.k.a. Green Free List), GB ([[Grünes Bündnis Bern|Green Alliance of Bern]]) and GLP ([[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party]]), giving the left parties a very strong majority of four out of five seats. The last regular election was held on 24 November 2024.<ref name="election">{{cite web |date=2024-11-24 |title=Drei neue Gemeinderatsmitglieder gewählt – Bisherige bestätigt |trans-title=Three new municipal council members elected – Incumbents confirmed |url=https://www.bern.ch/mediencenter/medienmitteilungen/aktuell_ptk/drei-neue-gemeinderatsmitglieder-gewaehlt-bisherige-bestaetigt |access-date=2025-02-01 |publisher=City of Bern |language=de |type=official site |location=Bern, Switzerland}}</ref><ref name="GR">{{cite web |date=2025-01-01 |title=Gemeinderat |url=https://www.bern.ch/politik-und-verwaltung/gemeinderat |access-date=2025-02-01 |publisher=City of Bern |language=de |type=official site |location=Bern, Switzerland}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ The Municipal Council (''Gemeinderat'') of Bern for the mandate period 2025-2028<ref name=GR/>
! Municipal Councillor<br/ >(''Gemeinderat/-rätin'') !! Party !! Head of Directorate (''Direktion'', since) of !! elected since
|-
| '''{{ill|Marieke Kruit|de}}'''<ref group=GR>Mayor (''Stadtpräsidentin'')</ref> || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || Mayor's Office (''Präsidialdirektion (PRD)'', 2025) || 2021
|-
| {{ill|Alec von Graffenried|de}}<ref group=GR>Vice-Mayor (''Vizepräsident'')</ref> || {{Color box|#39A642|border=darkgray}} GFL || Security, the Environment and Energy (''Direktion für Sicherheit, Umwelt und Energie (SUE)'', 2025) || 2017
|-
| {{ill|Ursina Anderegg|de}} || {{Color box|#84B414|border=darkgray}} GB || Education, Social Welfare and Sport (''Direktion für Bildung, Soziales und Sport (BSS)'', 2025) || 2025
|-
| [[Matthias Aebischer]] || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || Civil Engineering, Transport and Green Spaces (''Direktion für Tiefbau, Verkehr und Stadtgrün (TVS)'', 2025) || 2025
|-
| {{ill|Melanie Mettler|de}} || {{Color box|{{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} GLP || Finances, Personnel and IT (''Direktion für Finanzen, Personal und Informatik (FPI)'', 2025) || 2025
|}
{{reflist|group=GR}}

Dr. Claudia Mannhart is City Chronicler (''Stadtschreiberin'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bern.ch/politik-und-verwaltung/stadtverwaltung/sk |title=Stadtkanzlei |publisher=City of Bern |type=official site |language=de |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref> She was elected by the Municipal Council in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Claudia Mannhart als neue Stadtschreiberin gewählt |trans-title=Claudia Mannhart elected as the new city clerk |url=https://www.bern.ch/mediencenter/medienmitteilungen/aktuell_ptk/claudia-mannhart-als-neue-stadtschreiberin-gewaehlt |access-date=2025-02-01 |publisher=City of Bern |language=de |type=official site}}</ref>