{"id":22686,"date":"2026-09-11T09:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/actueel\/levi-is-de-nieuwe-kinderburgemeester-van-apeldoorn"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:38:51","slug":"levi-is-de-nieuwe-kinderburgemeester-van-apeldoorn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/actueel\/levi-is-de-nieuwe-kinderburgemeester-van-apeldoorn","title":{"rendered":"Levi is the new children\u2019s mayor of Apeldoorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--grey e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n<p>Levi is in Year 7 at De Zonnewende primary school, Ravelijn campus. He is 10 years old. Levi proudly received the chain of office.<\/p>\n<p>Before the handover of the chain of office, Madalie took the floor briefly. She thanked Apeldoorn for the enjoyable time she\u2019d had there and wished her successor every success and much enjoyment.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Quote\" class=\"section section--quote e-quote\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-9 col-xl-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote__author\">Levi, the Children\u2019s Mayor:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"quote__quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\u201cChildren with disabilities should also be able to take part in everything.\u201d<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--grey e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2>First speech<\/h2>\r\n<p>Levi is really looking forward to his role as children\u2019s mayor and said during his first speech:\u00a0<em>I really enjoy playing sport and playing outdoors myself. And I think it\u2019s important that every child is able to do that. It doesn\u2019t matter how much money your parents have. And children with disabilities should also be able to take part in everything.<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Afbeeldingen-overzicht\" class=\"section--grey editor section--article-images article-images\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid px-0\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div data-acfblock=\"Afbeeldingen-afbeelding-in-overzicht-1\" class=\"col-12 col-md-6 article-images__col p-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"article-images__figure\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"article-images__image-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/apd24644-xxl.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"690\" alt=\"Mayor Ton Heerts presents the new child mayor with the chain of office.\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\tMayor Ton Heerts presents the chain of office to the new child mayor, Levi.\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div data-acfblock=\"Afbeeldingen-afbeelding-in-overzicht-2\" class=\"col-12 col-md-6 article-images__col p-right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"article-images__figure\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"article-images__image-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/apd24646-xxl.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"690\" alt=\"The former and current children\u2019s mayors together with Mayor Ton Heerts.\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\tThe former and current children\u2019s mayors together with Mayor Ton Heerts.\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 10 September, Mayor Ton Heerts officially installed Levi as children\u2019s mayor. 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