Politics of Stockholm
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[edit] City Council
The City of Stockholm is a municipality with a legislative City Council with 101 members elected by proportional representation through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The council meets twice a month and the meetings are open to the public.
[edit] Elections
Following the 2002 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:
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[edit] Executive
The City Council itself elects the city's two main governing bodies with each 13 members; The executive committee and the board of commissioners. Both are chaired by the Mayor. The current mayor is Annika Billström (b. 1956) of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
The members of the executive committee(kommunstyrelsen), is representing both the political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the City Council. The political organization also includes the board of commissioners(borgarrådsberedningen). It consists of eight governing full-time Commissioners (borgarråd, sometimes called Vice Mayors) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Mayor, who as chairman of the board, even holds the Commissioner of Finance(finansborgarråd) post.
[edit] Board of Commissioners
- Annika Billström, (s), Mayor, Commissioner of Finance
- Kristina Axén Olin (m), Deputy Mayor, Commissioner in Opposition
- Teres Lindberg (s), Deputy Mayor, Commissioner of Integration and Democracy
- Kersti Py Börjeson (s), Commissioner of Building and Sports
- Leif Rönngren (s), Real Estate and Road Commissioner
- Erik Nilsson (s), Commissioner of Education
- Roger Mogert (s), Commissioner of Culture, Employment, Housing, and Human Resources
- Margareta Olofsson (v), Commissioner of Social Service
- Viviann Gunnarsson (mp), 8. Commissioner of Emergency Services, Environment and Consumer Affairs
- Jan Björklund (fp), Commissioner in Opposition
- Christina Nordin (m), Commissioner in Opposition
- Mikael Söderlund (m), Commissioner in Opposition
[edit] Mayors
[edit] Boroughs
The city has been subdivided into 14 boroughs, which each carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas and is governed by a Borough Council. The political composition of the Borough Councils reflect the composition of the City Council, not the votes from the people in the borough.
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