3 apr 2024 om 11:02
Ahmed Aboutaleb will step down as mayor of Rotterdam on October 1. It was previously announced that Aboutaleb would retire in 2024, but a specific date has not yet been given.
“The search for a new mayor is now in full swing and there is more clarity about the succession process,” Aboutaleb wrote to the city council.
After fifteen years, 62-year-old Aboutaleb thinks it is time to make way for someone else. He started his third term in 2021. Such a term lasts six years. Aboutaleb will therefore not complete his third term.
The mayor of Rotterdam said in January that he had carefully considered his decision. “The city council and the council are now almost halfway through their mandate and are well established in governing the city,” he said at the time. “This chosen moment also offers sufficient space to appoint a new mayor before the next municipal elections.”
Until then, Aboutaleb will continue to fulfill his duties as mayor “with undiminished commitment”.
Aboutaleb is one of the longest-serving mayors in the Netherlands
With his fifteen years as mayor of Rotterdam, Aboutaleb is one of the longest-serving mayors in the Netherlands. Only 9 of the 342 mayors in our country have been in office longer than Aboutaleb. He is the second post-war mayor of Rotterdam to be appointed for a third term.
It is not yet known what Aboutaleb will do after his retirement as mayor. The PvdA member was an alderman in Amsterdam from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2008 he was State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment.
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