out of 81 seats since C continues to refuse cooperation with the Sweden Democrats (SD). There were ten political parties represented in the council elected in 2018: Following the 2018 municipal elections, neither traditional coalition of parties (the Alliance and the Red-Greens) was able to obtain a majority in the municipal assembly. The newly-formed Democrats party, whose primary campaign promise is to stop the construction of the West Link, obtained 14 seats in the assembly, making it the second-largest party. The Green Party and the Left Party announced on 6 November that they would draft their own municipal budget together, along with Feminist Initiative - thus abandoning their traditional cooperation with the Social Democrats. This has been recognized as the three parties forming a local political alliance which has been referred to as the Red-green-pink coalition. As a result of this the Alliance were able to take the power in Gothenburg for the first time in nearly 30 years. The municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) has 13 members, representing the six parties from the two major political coalitions who have seats in the assembly. The chairwoman of the municipal assembly is Åse-Lill Törnquist (MP) and the chairman of the municipal executive committee (sometimes titled mayor) is Axel Josefson from the Moderate Party. List of mayors Sören Mannheimer, (Social Democrats) 1985-1988 Göran Johansson, (Social Democrats) 1988–1991 Johnny Magnusson (Moderate Party), 1991–1994 Göran Johansson (Social Democrats), 1994–2009 Anneli Hulthén (Social Democrats), 2009–2016 Ann-Sofie Hermansson (Social Democrats), 2016–2018 Axel Josefson (Moderate Party), 2018–2022 Jonas Attenius (Social Democrats), 2022– International cooperation Twin towns: Bergen, Norway Turku, Finland Aarhus, Denmark Partner cities: Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa Lyon, France The cooperation with the South African Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (established in 1998) is a partnership fostering development of common fields of interest such as solid waste management, public libraries, sport and tourism. Gothenburg had signed an agreement with Shanghai in 1986 which was upgraded in 2003 to include exchanges in culture, economics, trade and sport. However, the agreement was allowed to lapse in 2020. Sister cities: Chicago, United States (since 1987) Kraków, Poland Tallinn, Estonia Rostock, Germany Regional: Oslo, Norway See also Gothenburg Gothenburg Law Court References External links goteborg.se - Official site for city of Gothenburg (in Swedish) goteborg.se/english - Official web page for short English description of the content in city of Gothenburg site international.goteborg.se - Official international site for city of Gothenburg