Editing Almere (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Stadhuis Almere (2024).jpg|thumb|left|The town hall of the municipality of Almere. The building is located on the Stadhuisplein.]]
===Local executive===
Hein van der Loo  (independent) has been  mayor of Almere since March 2023, with the [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] consisting of a [[coalition]] of several parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almere.nl/bestuur/college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders |title=College van burgemeester en wethouders|publisher= Gemeente Almere |access-date= 15 May 2024}}</ref>

====List of mayors====
* 1984–1986: Han Lammers ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]])
* 1986–1993: Cees de Cloe ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]])
* 1993–1994: Cees Roozemond ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]], acting)
* 1994–1998: Ralph Pans ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]])
* 1998–2003: Hans Ouwerkerk ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]])
* 2003–2003: Jaap van der Doef ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]], acting)
* 2003–2015: [[Annemarie Jorritsma]] ([[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]])
* 2015–2022: [[Franc Weerwind]] ([[Democrats 66|D66]])
* 2022–2023: [[Ank Bijleveld]] ([[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]], acting)
* 2023-current: Hein van der Loo  ([[Independent politician|independent]])

===Municipal council===
The first municipal council was installed on 2 January 1984 in the presence of the then-Minister of the Interior [[Koos Rietkerk]]. The council elections took place on 21 September 1983. Prior to 1984 Almere had an ''Adviesraad'', which was chosen every 2 years (1978–1980, 1980–1982, 1982–1984). This ''Adviesraad'' was made up of different political parties similar to a local council. On 11 March 1977 the first ''adviescommissie'' was elected. It consisted of 5 people that were chosen on personal title.
Since 2018, the council of Almere has comprised a total of 45 members.
{| class="wikitable"
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!'''Party'''||'''1984'''||'''1986'''||'''1990'''||'''1994'''||'''1998'''||'''2002''' ||[[2006 Dutch municipal elections|'''2006''']]||[[2010 Dutch municipal elections|'''2010''']] ||[[2014 Dutch municipal elections|'''2014''']] ||[[2018 Dutch municipal elections|'''2018''']] ||[[2022 Dutch municipal elections|'''2022''']]<br/><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Almere municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731289|access-date=15 May 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref> 
|-
|[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|People's Party for Freedom & Democracy]]||5||5||7||10||12||8||7||7||5||8||6
|-
|[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]||10||14||9||6||9||7||12||8||5||7||4
|-
|[[Party for Freedom]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||9||9||6||5
|-
|[[Democrats 66]]||1||2||7||10||5||2||1||3||6||5||4
|-
|[[GroenLinks]]||2||1||3||4||4||4||3||3||2||4||3
|-
|[[Leefbaar Nederland|Leefbaar Almere]]||-||-||-||-||-||9||4||3||4||3||3
|-
|[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||2||4||3||4
|-
|[[Party for the Animals]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||3
|-
|[[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]]||-||-||-||-||1||1||2||1||1||2||2
|-
|[[Christian Democratic Appeal]]||2||3||4||3||3||4||3||2||2||2||2
|-
|Almere Partij/OPA||-||1||2||2||3||2||2||-||1||1||1
|-
|Respect Almere||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||1
|-
|[[Trots op Nederland]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||-||-||-
|-
|Verenigde Senioren Partij||-||-||-||-||1||1||1||-||-||-||-
|-
|Stadspartij Almere||-||-||-||-||1||1||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|[[Centrumdemocraten]]||2||1||1||2||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|Stap '84||1||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|[[BIJ1]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||2
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|[[50PLUS]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||2
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|[[Forum for Democracy]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||2
|-
|[[Denk (political party)|DENK]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1
|-
|'''Total'''||'''23'''||'''27'''||'''33'''||'''37'''||'''39'''||'''39'''||'''39'''||'''39'''||'''39'''||'''45'''||'''45'''
|}