Eberhard van der Laan sworn in as Mayor of Amsterdam
On Wednesday, 7 July 2010, in a ceremony at City Hall, Eberhard van der Laan was sworn in as Mayor of Amsterdam.
Mayor van der Laan
Former Housing and Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan (55) was selected as the final candidate by Amsterdam City Council. He was officially sworn in on 7 July 2010.
Van der Laan signed the papers together with Commissioner to the Queen Johan Remkes. Deputy Mayor (and interim mayor until 7 July) Lodewijk Asscher then hung the Chain of Office on the new mayor.
A well-attended affair
Interest in the ceremony was great. Besides the full College of Aldermen and almost all members of City Council, two former mayors were present: Ed van Thijn and Job Cohen. Amsterdam police chief Bernard Welten, commissioner of the Amstelland Amsterdam Fire Brigade Caroline van de Wiel, former Labour Party leader Wouter Bos, writer and filmmaker Geert Mak, Van der Laan's family and many other interested parties attended the event.
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