The lord mayor of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Overborgmester) is the

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's mayor and the leader of the

Copenhagen City Council The Copenhagen City Council (Danish: ) is the municipal government of Copenhagen, Denmark, and has its seat at Copenhagen City Hall. The city council is Copenhagen's highest political authority and sets the framework for the committees' task ...

. Established in 1938, all lord mayors have since belonged to the

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Current mayors

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s of November 19, 2013, Copenhagen has the following

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s: * Lord mayor: Frank Jensen (

) * Mayor of Culture:

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( The Alternative) * Mayor of Children and Youths: Pia Allerslev (

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) * Mayor of Health and Care: Ninna Thomsen (

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of ...

) * Mayor of Social Affairs:

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(

) * Mayor of Technics and the Environment: Ninna Hedeager Olsen ( Red-Green Alliance) * Mayor of Employment and Integration: Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard (

)

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List of mayors
from the website of the Copenhagen Municipal Libraries. {{in lang, da Mayors *Copenhagen

Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

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Lists of political office-holders in Denmark da:Overborgmester

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Current mayors

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