Ahmed Marcouch - Wikipedia

Ahmed Marcouch


Mayor of Arnhem
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2017
Preceded by	Boele Staal (Acting)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 17 June 2010 – 23 March 2017

Personal details
Born	Ahmed Marcouch (1969-05-02) May 2, 1969 (age 56) Bni Bouifrour, Morocco
Nationality	Moroccan, Dutch
Party	Labour Party
Alma mater	Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (BA)
Occupation	Politician, police officer, civil servant, educator
Website	(in Dutch) Labour Party website

Ahmed Marcouch (Arabic: أحمد مركوش; born 2 May 1969) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician, former police officer, civil servant and educator serving as Mayor of Arnhem since 2017. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he was a member of the House of Representatives from 17 June 2010 to 23 March 2017. He focused on matters of community development.

He was a member of the municipal council of Amsterdam from 11 March 2010 to 8 September 2010 and previously chaired the Slotervaart borough government from 1 May 2006 to 11 March 2010.^[1] Since 1 September 2017, he has been Mayor of Arnhem, replacing Herman Kaiser (CDA).^[2]

On March 29, 2023, Marcouch was recommended by the Arnhem City Council for a second term as mayor.^[3]

Personal life

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Marcouch is married and has one son. From his first marriage, he has three children.^[4]

References

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^ "A. (Ahmed) Marcouch" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ "Benoeming burgemeester Arnhem" [Appointment of mayor Arnhem]. rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
^ "Gemeenteraad Arnhem vóór herbenoeming burgemeester Ahmed Marcouch - Gemeente Arnhem" [Arnhem city council in favor of reappointing mayor Ahmed Marcouch]. arnhem.nl (in Dutch). 2023-03-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
^ "Burgemeester Ahmed Marcouch: "Tradities kunnen mooi zijn, maar ze zijn er niet om je gevangen te zetten"". Libelle (in Dutch). 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

External links

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Media related to Ahmed Marcouch at Wikimedia Commons
(in Dutch) House of Representatives biography

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–2017
House of Representatives 20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 40 seats	Mark Rutte (leader, 2012) Zijlstra (leader, 2012–2017) Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam Blok De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé Dijkhoff Remco Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing De Lange Leegte De Liefde Van der Linde Litjens Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg (speaker, 2012–2015) Moors Anne Mulder Neppérus Van Nieuwenhuizen Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree Arno Rutte Schippers Schut-Welkzijn Van der Steur Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen Van Veen Veldman Verheijen Visser Aukje de Vries Vuijk Weekers Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs
Labour Party 35 seats	Samsom (leader, 2012–2016) Kuiken (leader, 2016–2017) Arib (speaker, 2016–2017) Asante Bonis Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek Van Dam Van Dekken Otwin van Dijk Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Hoogland Jacobi Jadnanansing Kerstens Klijnsma Kuzu Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Monasch Nijboer Oosenbrug Öztürk Plasterk Recourt Servaes Tanamal Timmermans Ünver Van der Velde Vermeij Vermue Volp Jan Vos Mei Li Vos Albert de Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel
Socialist Party 15 seats	Roemer (leader) Bashir Van Bommel Jasper van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Jansen Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling Smits Swinkels Ulenbelt De Wit
Christian Democratic Appeal 13 seats	Van Haersma Buma (leader) Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert Van Hijum Keijzer Knops Agnes Mulder Omtzigt Oskam Rog Ronnes De Rouwe Van Toorenburg
Party for Freedom 12 seats	Wilders (leader) Agema Beertema Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma Gerbrands De Graaf Graus Helder Van Klaveren Klever Madlener De Roon Van Vliet
Democrats 66 12 seats	Pechtold (leader) Belhaj Bergkamp Berndsen Pia Dijkstra Hachchi Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen Schouw Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
Christian Union 5 seats	Slob (leader, 2012–2015) Segers (leader, 2015–2017) Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten Voordewind
GroenLinks 4 seats	Sap (leader, 2012) Van Ojik (leader, 2012–2015) Klaver (leader, 2015–2017) Ellemeet Grashoff Van Tongeren Voortman
Reformed Political Party 3 seats	Van der Staaij (leader) Bisschop Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals 2 seats	Thieme (leader) Ouwehand Wassenberg
Bontes/Van Klaveren Group 2 seats	Bontes (leader) Van Klaveren
Kuzu/Öztürk Group 2 seats	Kuzu (leader) Öztürk
50Plus 1 seat	Krol (leader) Baay-Timmerman Klein
Member Houwers 1 seat	Houwers (leader)
Member Klein 1 seat	Klein (leader)
Member Monasch 1 seat	Monasch (leader)
Member Van Vliet 1 seat	Van Vliet (leader)
See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 2015–2019

v t e Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012
House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (31)	Blok Aptroot Van Ark Azmani Van Beek Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink> Dijkhoff Elias Harbers Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing <De Krom> Leegte De Liefde Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Mulder Neppérus <Nicolaï> Van Nieuwenhuizen <Rutte> Schaart <Schippers> Snijder-Hazelhoff Van der Steur Straus Taverne <Teeven> <Weekers> Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Labour Party (30)	Samsom Albayrak Arib Bouwmeester Çelik <Cohen> Van Dam Van Dekken Dijksma Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Groot Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Jacobi Jadnanansing Klijnsma <Kraneveldt> Kuiken De Lange <Leerdam> Marcouch Monasch Plasterk Recourt Smeets <Spekman> Timmermans Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Wolbert
Christian Democratic Appeal (21)	Van Haersma Buma <Atsma> <Bijleveld> <Bijsterveldt> Biskop Blanksma-van den Heuvel Van Bochove Bruins Slot Çörüz Ferrier Haverkamp Van Hijum Holtackers <De Jager> <Joldersma> <Klink> Knops Koopmans Koppejan Omtzigt Ormel De Rouwe Smilde Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Van der Werf
Party for Freedom (20)	Wilders Agema Beertema Van den Besselaar Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Dille Driessen Elissen Fritsma Gerbrands Graus Helder De Jong Van Klaveren Lucassen De Mos De Roon <Sharpe> Van Vliet
Socialist Party (15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Irrgang Jansen <Janssen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Van Raak Smits Ulenbelt De Wit
Democrats 66 (10)	Pechtold Berndsen Dijkstra Hachchi Van der Ham Koolmees Koşer Kaya Schouw Van Veldhoven Verhoeven
GroenLinks (10)	Sap <Van den Berge> Braakhuis Dibi El Fassed Van Gent Grashoff <Halsema> Klaver Peters Van Tongeren Voortman
Christian Union (5)	Slob Ortega <Rouvoet> Schouten Voordewind Wiegman
Reformed Political Party (2)	Van der Staaij Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (2)	Thieme <Hazekamp> Ouwehand
Independents (4)	Groep Kortenoeven/Hernandez Kortenoeven Hernandez Lid-Brinkman Brinkman Lid-Van Bemmel Van Bemmel
See also: Members of the House of Representatives, 2006–2010, Members of the House of Representatives, 2012–2017, Members of the Senate, 2011–2015