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- 25806 description "More about the composition of the City Council and the Executive Committee." infopages.
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- 25806 name "Meet the Council and Committee" infopages.
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- 25806 dateModified "2021-08-25T18:07:42+00:00" infopages.
- 25806 datePublished "2019-02-05T13:30:58+00:00" infopages.
- 25806 articleBody " <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--table-of-contents paragraph--view-mode--full"> <nav class="table-of-contents" aria-labelledby="table-of-contents-header"> <div class="content-container"> <h4 id="table-of-contents-header">On this page</h4> <ul class="three-column"> <li><a href="/en/lod/infopages#the-council">The Council</a></li> <li><a href="/en/lod/infopages#the-executive-committee">The Executive Committee</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--full"> <h2>The Council<a id="the-council" name="The_Council"></a></h2> <h3>53 councilors - seven fractions</h3> <p>Ghent City Council has 53 members, divided into seven political fractions. The council is the most important political body. It is the representation of the people of Ghent: the members are directly elected by the citizens of Ghent.</p> <p>The governing coalition is formed by Open VLD (liberal democratic party), Groen (ecological party), sp.a (social democratic party) and CD&V (Christian democratic party). Together, they hold 35 of the 51 seats in the City Council.</p> <p>The opposition parties are N-VA (Flemish nationalist party), PVDA (left-wing Labour's Party) and Vlaams Belang (right-wing extremist party).</p> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--full cta-block image-none link"> <div class="cta-block__content"> <div class="feature-block secondary"> <h2>Contact the city councilors</h2> <a href="https://stad.gent/nl/gemeenteraad" class="button button-secondary">Contact details are available in dutch</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--image paragraph--view-mode--full"> <div class="image-gallery--wrapper single"> <div class="image-gallery js-lightbox"> <a href="https://stad.gent/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_full/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=Dg0jijD_" class="gallery-link" aria-describedby="image-gallery__open-gallery" > <figure> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_l/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=FzAvUWdB 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_l_x2/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=FxRytXxF 2x" media="(min-width: 1680px)" type="image/png" width="655" height="437"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_l/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=FzAvUWdB 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_l_x2/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=FxRytXxF 2x" media="all and (min-width: 960px) and (max-width: 1679.9px)" type="image/png" width="655" height="437"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xxl/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=AkWsgq2z 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_xxl_x2/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=JTXF_uVY 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 959.9px)" type="image/png" width="920" height="614"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xl/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=DpaTbhti 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_xl_x2/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=rS7AjMKB 2x" media="all and (min-width: 576px) and (max-width: 767.9px)" type="image/png" width="727" height="485"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_m/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=csOXrA4K 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_m_x2/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=Pp3bAnxY 2x" media="all and (max-width: 575.9px)" type="image/png" width="575" height="384"/> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xxl_x2/public/page/images/Taart%2520gemeenteraad.png?itok=JTXF_uVY" width="1108" height="739" alt="Seat distribution in the city council" /> </picture> </figure> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--full"> <h2>The Executive Committee<a id="the-executive-committee" name="The_Executive_Committee"></a></h2> <p>The Executive Committee comprises the Mayor and 10 executive councillors together with the General Manager and Deputy General Manager of City of Ghent. It is the main decision making body of the Council, responsible for implementing the budgetary and policy framework of the City Council.</p> <p>The executive councillors have each special responsibility for a particular area of the City Council's services and policies. However, the Executive Committee can only make decision as a collegial body, its members have no separate decision authority.</p> <p>The current members of the Executive Committee are elected between the city councillors on January 3, 2019. Their mandate lasts throughout the municipal term 2019-2024 and ends with the installation of the new Executive Committee.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--image paragraph--view-mode--full"> <div class="image-gallery--wrapper single"> <div class="image-gallery js-lightbox"> <a href="https://stad.gent/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_full/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=-5IT6Wpk" class="gallery-link" aria-describedby="image-gallery__open-gallery" aria-label="College van burgemeester en schepenen / vast bureau" > <figure> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_l/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=ITYTX4wk 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_l_x2/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=-6axCyL5 2x" media="(min-width: 1680px)" type="image/png" width="655" height="383"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_l/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=ITYTX4wk 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_l_x2/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=-6axCyL5 2x" media="all and (min-width: 960px) and (max-width: 1679.9px)" type="image/png" width="655" height="383"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xxl/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=IMHv6E0f 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_xxl_x2/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=RfS_53fx 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 959.9px)" type="image/png" width="920" height="538"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xl/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=b1bivEHH 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_xl_x2/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=BxOmnNNJ 2x" media="all and (min-width: 576px) and (max-width: 767.9px)" type="image/png" width="727" height="425"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_m/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=1VwSP0nW 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/wide_m_x2/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=W0dEnXs6 2x" media="all and (max-width: 575.9px)" type="image/png" width="575" height="336"/> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xxl_x2/public/page/images/CVB.PNG?itok=RfS_53fx" width="1088" height="636" alt="Foto college / vast bureau" /> </picture> <figcaption>College van burgemeester en schepenen / vast bureau</figcaption> </figure> </a> </div> </div> </div> " infopages.
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