DenmarkMedborgerskabsprøven maj 2024, spørgsmål 10 · Folketing, government, municipalities and elections

Who is the highest political leader of a municipality?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvem er den øverste politiske leder af en kommune?

  1. aA municipal chief executive (kommunaldirektør)En kommunaldirektør
  2. bA mayor (borgmester)En borgmesterCorrect answer

Why?

The mayor (borgmester) is the highest political leader of the municipality and chairs the municipal council (kommunalbestyrelsen). The municipal chief executive (kommunaldirektør) is not a politician but leads the municipality's administration.

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Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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