Editing Eindhoven (section)

==== Mayor ====
[[File:Jeroen Dijsselbloem 2015 (1).jpg|thumb|Mayor [[Jeroen Dijsselbloem]]]]
The [[burgemeester|mayors]] of the Netherlands are not elected but appointed by the [[Politics of the Netherlands|crown]]. Nevertheless, there has been a movement over the last few years to give the municipalities more say in who will be their mayor, which has resulted in [[referendum|consultative referendums]] being held in the larger cities to "suggest" a candidate for the post. This was also tried in Eindhoven.

On 23 January 2008, a referendum to elect a mayor was held in Eindhoven. This referendum, the second of its kind in the Netherlands, was attended by 24.6% of the inhabitants. This was less than the required 30% needed to make a referendum binding. Nevertheless, the city council would choose the winner of the referendum as the preferred candidate. The main reason for the low attendance was that the candidates, [[Leen Verbeek]] and [[Rob van Gijzel]], were from the same party ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]). Rob van Gijzel won the referendum with 61.8% of the votes and was appointed the city's new mayor.

The mayor is the chairman of the Council of B&W. He also has responsibility for a number of specific posts (like the aldermen). For example, in the executive council of 2014-2018 mayor Van Gijzel held responsibility for the post of communication.<ref name="CollegeBW2014"/>

If unavailable, the mayor is temporarily replaced by one of the aldermen.

Rob van Gijzel was succeeded by [[John Jorritsma]] ([[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]) on 13 September 2016. Jorritsma has been succeeded by [[Jeroen Dijsselbloem]] ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]) on 13 September 2022.<ref name=mayor_now/>

{{See also|List of mayors of Eindhoven}}