Information: - The Kingdom of the Netherlands , commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western Europe and in the Caribbean. - The Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The present constitution is generally seen as directly derived from the one issued in 1815, constituting a constitutional monarchy. A revision in 1848 instituted a system of parliamentary democracy. In 1983, a major revision of the constitution was undertaken, almost fully rewriting the text and adding new civil rights. The text is very sober, devoid of legal or political doctrine. It includes a bill of rights. The constitution prohibits the judiciary to test laws and treaties against the constitution, as this is considered a prerogative of the legislature. There is no constitutional court in the Netherlands, except for the Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten which only governs the Sint Maarten legislator. The Kingdom of the Netherlands also includes Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten: there is an overarching instrument of the entire kingdom that has constitution characterisics: the Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. - Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 847,176 within the city proper, 1,343,647 in the urban area, and 2,431,000 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7million. - Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1579/1571 6 October 1636) was one of the most illustrious members of the De Graeff family. He was a powerful member of the States Faction, regent and mayor of Amsterdam after the political collapse of Reinier Pauw in 1627. - The Amsterdam metropolitan area is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It lies in the Noordvleugel ("North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam, the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, as well as 36 further municipalities within these two provinces, with a total population of over 2.4 million inhabitants. - In many countries, a mayor (or , from the Latin "maior" , meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. - Andries Bicker ( Amsterdam , 1586 -- Amsterdam ? , 24 June 1652 ) was a wealthy merchant on Moscovia , a member of the vroedschap , the leader of the Arminians , an administrator of the VOC , representative of the States - General of the Netherlands and colonel in the Civic guard . He controlled the city 's politics in close cooperation with his uncle Jacob Dircksz de Graeff an his brother Cornelis Bicker . The Bicker family was one of the oldest patrician families of Amsterdam - consisting of Andries ' father Gerrit , a grain merchant and beer brewer , and his three brothers , Jacob , Jan and Cornelis , had a firm grip on world trade , trading on the East , the West , the North and the Mediterranean . ( His uncle Laurens Bicker was one of the first to trade on Guinea and seized four Portuguese ships in 1604 ) . In 1646 , seven members of the Bicker family , called the Bicker 's league , simultaneously held some political position or other . The Bickers provided silver and ships to Spain , and were very much interested in ending the Eighty Years War . This brought them in conflict with the stadtholder , some provinces , like Zeeland and Utrecht , and the Reformed preachers . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'andries bicker' exhibits the relationship of 'position held'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 4 - legislator - mayor - mayor of amsterdam - regent - sovereign
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mayor of amsterdam