King's commissioner
TheKing's commissioner(Dutch:Commissaris van de Koning,abbreviated toCvdK) is the head of aprovincein theNetherlands.The officeholder chairs both theStates Provincial(directly elected provincial legislature) and theProvincial Executive(executive branch), but has a right to vote only in the latter. When thereigning monarchis afemale,the office is known asQueen's commissioner(Commissaris van de Koningin). As there are twelve provinces in the Netherlands, there are twelve King's commissioners.
There are two levels oflocal governmentin the Netherlands: the provinces and the municipalities. The twelve provinces form the tier ofadministrationbetweencentral governmentand themunicipalities.The three tiers are organised in largely the same way, with a directly elected legislature, which in turn chooses the executive branch, headed by an appointed chairman. At the national and municipal levels, these are the King and the Mayor; at the provincial level it is the King's commissioner.
Tasks of the King's commissioner
[edit]The King's Commissioner is not elected by the residents of the province, but appointed by theDutch Crown(the ministers, presided over by the monarch), for a term of six years, renewable. The King's Commissioner can be dismissed only by the Dutch Crown. When a vacancy arises, the provincial council gives theMinister of the Interiora profile of the kind of candidate it would like to see in the job. Although all King's Commissioners are prominent members of one or another of the major nationalpolitical parties,they are expected to be politically impartial while they are in office.
The King's Commissioners play a role within the provincial administration and are the official representatives of central government in the provinces. They coordinatedisaster managementand prevention and pay regular official visits to the municipalities in their region.
The King's Commissioners play an important part in the appointment of municipalmayors.When a vacancy arises, the King's Commissioner first asks themunicipal councilfor its views as to a successor, then writes to the Minister of the Interior, recommending a candidate. Since the King's Commissioners are both the chairs and full members of the provincial executives, they may include some of the executive's tasks in theirportfolio.They also oversee the official apparatus[clarification needed]and any provincial utilities and represent the province in its dealings with business.
Naming practice in Limburg
[edit]In the Dutch province ofLimburg,the King's Commissioner is usually informally calledGouverneur( "governor"), as inBelgium.Similarly, theProvinciehuis( "Province Hall" ) atMaastrichtis calledGouvernement( "Governor's Residence" ). This local custom arose from theparticular status of the province in the nineteenth century.The official name of the office is currently the same as in the other provinces.
List of current King's commissioners
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Overzicht commissarissen van de Koning per februari 2022".rijksoverheid.nl(in Dutch). February 2022.Retrieved17 March2022.
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