Carola Schouten nominated as new mayor of Rotterdam

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NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 23:30

Former minister and former deputy prime minister Carola Schouten is nominated by the town council as the brand new mayor of Rotterdam. It’s the first time that Rotterdam has a feminine mayor.

In October this yr, the 46-year-old politician will begin her new job. She’s going to succeed mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb. The PvdA member will step down as mayor of Rotterdam after fifteen years.

Schouten (Christian Union) was with no job after the swearing-in of the brand new cupboard and was already talked about as Aboutaleb’s successor. The previous Minister of Poverty Coverage, Participation and Pensions has lived in Rotterdam for thirty years and studied at Erasmus College Rotterdam.

‘She suits this metropolis’

Town council said via councillor Van der Velden (Social gathering for the Animals) that she is a candidate “who fits this metropolis” and that they have been in search of “a mayor who’s approachable, who stands among the many individuals, a mayor with whom Rotterdam residents can establish”.

Van der Velden additional states that the search was for “a mayor who’s open to everybody and likewise dares to be weak and dares to ask questions”. “Who connects by guaranteeing that everybody feels protected and heard, in order that mutual dialog is given house. Even when there are nice tensions in our metropolis. And that’s exactly a expertise that Schouten possesses.”

That is how the nomination was introduced:

Confidentiality committee about Schouten: ‘We’re getting a mayor’

In response to the council, Schouten has “a transparent imaginative and prescient of the town, its wants and its future” and ” eye for his personal relationship with the town”. The council speaks of “a candidate with a private historical past with generally huge bumps and troublesome phases in life and due to this fact a historical past by which many Rotterdammers can acknowledge themselves. A candidate who is really of the town. Not born right here, however for a very long time and with coronary heart and soul related to Rotterdam.”

October tenth

The candidate mayor will probably be introduced to the King and the Minister of the Inside and Kingdom Relations. After an interview with the candidate and a safety test, the swearing-in is anticipated to happen on October 10.

Though the nomination process is strictly secret, a number of names have been circulating since Aboutaleb introduced his departure. Amongst them was Schouten.

Congratulations Hugo de Jonge

Along with Schouten, the title of former deputy prime minister Hugo de Jonge (CDA) was additionally talked about, who was already schooling and healthcare alderman within the port metropolis between 2010 and 2017. Rotterdam ombudsman Marianne van den Anker was additionally talked about as a mayoral candidate. She was beforehand alderman for Security and Public Well being on behalf of Leefbaar Rotterdam.

De Jonge congratulated Schouten final night time when the information broke. “To be sincere: I might have appreciated to have been. However the metropolis is in good palms with Carola.”