Administration
Since 2000, the city of Bergen is governed by a city government (byråd) based on the principle of parliamentarism. The government consists of 6 government members called commissioners, and is appointed by the city council, the supreme authority of the city. Since the local elections of 2007, the city has been ruled by a right-wing coalition of the Progress Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Conservative Party, each with two commissioners. The Progress Party member Gunnar Bakke is mayor, while conservative Monica Mæland is the leader of the city government, the most powerful political position in Bergen.
Bergen is sister cities with Asmara, Eritrea; Gothenburg, Sweden; Lübeck, Germany; Newcastle, United Kingdom; Quebec City, Canada; Rostock, Germany; Seattle, United States; Turku, Finland; and Aarhus, Denmark.
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