Editing Municipalities of Belgium (section)

===Mayor===
The mayor ({{langx|nl|burgemeester}}; {{langx|fr|bourgmestre}}; {{langx|de|Bürgermeister}}) is not only the head of the municipality but also the representative of the [[Communities and regions of Belgium|regional]] and the [[Belgian Federal Government|federal government]] at the local level. In that capacity, they are responsible for the execution of [[law]]s, [[decree]]s, [[Ordinance (Belgium)|ordinance]]s and orders. The mayor is also responsible for the maintenance of public order in their municipality. They chair the college of mayor and aldermen or the municipal college, depending on the [[Communities and regions of Belgium|region]], as well.

In the [[Flanders]] and [[Brussels]], the mayor is appointed by the regional government, on the nomination of the municipal council, for a term of office of six years. In [[Wallonia]], the mayor is the municipal councillor who received the largest number of preferential votes of the majority party that received the largest number of votes in the municipal elections. Hence, it is also possible that the mayor is not a member of the largest party, as the largest party is not always part of the governing coalition. It is also possible in Wallonia for the municipal council to adopt a constructive [[motion of no confidence]] in the municipal college.