UCLG

WORLD COUNCIL & EXECUTIVE BUREAU

MEMBERS

2013-2016

Approved by the Executive Bureau in Porto Alegre in June 2015

In Italic representatives who are also members of the Executive Bureau

In Grey: Nominations pending to be clarified

PRESIDENT

Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul (Turkey)

CO-PRESIDENTS

Chen Jianhua, Mayor of Guangzhou (China)

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris (France), President of UCLG Standing Committee on Gender

Equality

Alain Juppé, President of French Association of Council of European Municipalities and Regions

(AFCCRE) (France), Mayor of Bordeaux

Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan (Russian Federation)

Jacqueline Moustache Belle, President of Association of Districts of Victoria (Seychelles), Mayor

of Victoria

Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito (Ecuador)

TREASURER

Fathallah Oualalou, Mayor of Rabat (Morocco)

DEPUTY TREASURER

Berry Vrbanovic, President Emeritus of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) (Canada),

Mayor of Kitchener

VICE-PRESIDENTS

AFRICA:

Mpho Moruakgomo, President of Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) (Botswana)

ASIA-PACIFIC:

Won Hee-Ryong, President of UCLG-ASPAC, Governor of Jeju Special Self-governing Province

(Republic of Korea)

EURO-ASIA:

Aisen Nikolaev, Mayor of Yakutsk (Russian Federation)

EUROPE:

Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, President of Council of European Municipalities and Regions

(CEMR), President of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) (Netherlands), Mayor of

Almere

LATIN AMERICA:

Paulo Ziulkoski, President of National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) (Brazil)

MIDDLE EAST AND WEST ASIA:

Mohammed Bager Qalibaf, President of UCLG-MEWA, Mayor of Tehran (Iran)

NORTH AMERICA:

Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal (Canada)

METROPOLITAN:

Jean-Paul Huchon, President of Metropolis, President of Ile de France Region (France)

FORUM OF REGIONS:

Paúl Carrasco, President of FOGAR, President of Azuay Province (Ecuador)

HOST OF THE WORLD SECRETARIAT

Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona (Spain)

AFRICA

Number of seats attributed: 45

NORTHERN AFRICA

ALGERIA (1)

Abdelhakim Bettache, Mayor of Algiers Centre

EGYPT (1)

Galal Mostafa Saeed, Governor of Cairo

LIBYA (1)

Tarik Elourfi, President of Municipal Council of Benghazi

Substitute: Saad Elseaiti

MAURITANIA (2)

Maty Mint Hamady, President of Urban Community of Nouakchott, President of Association of

Mayors of Mauritania (AMM), Vice Presidency of Northern Africa

Substitute: Sidi Diarra, Mayor of Rosso

Moussa Demba Sow, Vice President of AMM, Mayor of City of Kaédi

Substitute: Yacoub O Salem Vall, Mayor of City of Zouerate

MOROCCO (3)

Fathallah Oualalou, Mayor of City Council of Rabat

Substitute: Abdelmounim El Madani, Vice Mayor of City Council of Rabat

Mohamed Sajid, Mayor of City of Casablanca

Substitute: Ahmed Brija, 1st Deputy Mayor of City of Casablanca

Habit Chamad, Mayor of City Council of Fès

Substitute: Allal Amraoui, 1st Deputy Mayor of City Council of Fès

TUNISIA (1)

Seifallah Lasram, President of Federation of Municipalities and Cities of Tunisia (FNVT), Mayor of

Tunis

WESTERN AFRICA

SEAT RESERVED IN THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU TO BE AGREED (1)

CAPE VERDE (1)

José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Mayor of Praia

Substitute: Maria Aleluia Rodrigues Barbosa Andrade, Deputy Mayor of Praia

CÔTE D’IVOIRE (1)

Ernest N’koumo Mobio, President of Union of Cities and Local Governments of Côte d’Ivoire

(UVICOCI)

GAMBIA (1)

Abdoulie Bah, Mayor of Banjul City Council

Substitute: Yancuba Colley, President of GALGA

GUINEA (1)

Mamadou Dramé, President of National Association of Communes of Guinea (ANCG), Mayor of

Kindia

Substitute: Hadja Nènè N’Koya, Vice President of ANCG

MALI (2)

Adama Sangaré, Central Mayor of Bamako District Council

Substitute: Harimakan Keita, 1st Deputy Mayor of Bamako

Boubacar Bah, President of Association of Municipalities of Mali (AMM)

Substitute: Fatoumata Doumbia Konte, Mayor of Bamako Commune I

NIGERIA (1)

Nwabueze Okafor, President of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON)

Substitute: Gabriel Onuzulike, Vice President of ALGON

SENEGAL (2)

Khalifa Sall, Mayor of City Council of Dakar, President of UCLG Africa, Vice Presidency of Western

Africa

Substitute: Yoro Ba, 2nd Deputy Mayor of City Council of Dakar

Abdoulaye Baldé, President of Association of Mayors of Senegal (AMS)

Substitute: Gueye El Hadji, Secretary General of AMS, Mayor

CENTRAL AFRICA

CONGO (1)

Hugues Ngouélondélé, President of Association of Mayors of Congo (AMC), Vice Presidency of

Central Africa

Substitute: Benjamin Alphonse Loukakou, Councillor of AMC

CHAD (1)

Saleh Abdelaziz Damane, President of National Association of Mayors of Chad (ANCT)

Substitute: Kourayo Laoukein Medard, Vice President of ANCT

CAMEROON (2)

Emile Andze Andze, President of United Councils and Cities of Cameroon (UCCC)

Substitute: Albert Anicet Okoa, Vice President of UCCC

Gilbert Tsimi Evouna, Delegate of Government of City of Yaoundé

Substitute: Emile Andze Andze, President of UCCC

CENTRAL AFRICA (1)

Hyacinthe Wodobodé, President of Association of Mayors of Central Africa (AMCA), Mayor of Bangui

Substitute: Jules Abezoua, Mayor

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (1)

André Kimbuta, Governor of Kinshasa

Substitute: Bafiba Zomba, Vice Governor of Clement Patrice

EQUATORIAL GUINEA (1)

María Coloma Edjang Mbengono, Mayor of Malabo

Substitute: Jaime Mandogo Mandogo, Vice Mayor of Malabo

GABON (1)

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, President of Association of Communes of Gabon (ACG), Mayor

of Libreville

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE (1)

Hermenegildo Santos/Jorge Dias Correia, President of Association of Authorities and

Autonomous Region of STP (AARA/STP)

Substitute: Americo Pinto, President of AARA/STP, Mayor of Causé City Council

EASTERN AFRICA

BURUNDI (1)

Alexis Nzhohaboninana, President of Burundian Association of Local Elected Officials (ABELO)

Substitute: Jean-Claude Matunu, Vice President of ABELO

ERITREA (1)

Kahsai Ghebrehiwet, Mayor of Asmara

ETHIOPIA (1)

Deriba Kuma, Mayor of Addis Ababa

KENYA (1)

TBC

RWANDA (1)

Justus Kangwagye, President of Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA),

Mayor of Rulindo

Substitute: Jeanne Nyirahabimana, Vice President of RALGA

SEYCHELLES (1)

Jacqueline-Moustache Belle, President of Association of Districts of Victoria (ADV), Mayor of

Victoria, Vice Presidency of Eastern Africa

SOUTH SUDAN (1)

Mohamed El Hag Luala, Mayor of Juba

TANZANIA (1)

Didas Massaburi, President of Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT), Mayor of Dar es

Salaam

Substitute: Daniel Okoka, Deputy Mayor

UGANDA (1)

Frederick Gume, President of Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA)

Substitute: Josephine Kasya, Vice President of ULGA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

ANGOLA (1)

José Tavares Ferreira, Mayor of Luanda

Substitute: Francisca de Jesus Monteiro Fortes, Deputy Mayor of Luanda

BOTSWANA (1)

Mpho Moruakgomo, President of Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA)

Substitute: Caroline Lesang, Vice President of BALA

LESOTHO (1)

Mantai Phaila, Mayor of Maseru

MOZAMBIQUE (1)

Manuel Cambezo, President of National Association of Municipalities of Mozambique (ANAMM)

NAMIBIA (1)

Agnes Kafula, President of Association of Local Authorities of Namibia (ALAN)

Substitute: Jona Leonard, Vice President of ALAN

SOUTH AFRICA (1)

Thabo Manyoni, President of South African Local Government Association (SALGA), Vice Presidency

of Southern Africa

Substitute: Mpho Nawa, Vice President of SALGA

SWAZILAND (1)

Phiwayinkhosi Ginindza, President of Swaziland Local Governments Association (SWALGA)

Substitute: Shongwe Makhosazana, Deputy Mayor

ZAMBIA (1)

Mulenga Sata, President of Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ), Mayor of Lusaka

Substitute: Phiri Edward, Vice President of LGAZ

ZIMBABWE (1)

Nimrod Chiminya, President of Zimbabwe Local Government Association (ZILGA)

Substitute: Emmanuel Chiroto, Deputy Mayor

ASIA-PACIFIC

Number of seats attributed: 66

EAST & NORTH EAST ASIA

Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)

Li Xiaolin, President

Substitute: Zhang Ruoning

Governors Association of Korea (GAOK)

Lee Sijong, President

Substitute: Han, Dal-Jun, Executive Director

Korean Cities Federation

Kim Jong Suk, President

Substitute: Pae Jong Min, Secretary General

Beijing Municipal People’s Government

Wang Anshun, Mayor

Substitute: Xiang Ping, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Busan Metropolitan City

Suh Byung-soo, Mayor

Substitute: Kim, Jong-hae, Vice Mayor

Changwon City

Ahn Sang-soo, Mayor

Substitute: Cho Gi-ho, Deputy Mayor

Chongqing Municipal People’s Government

Huang Qifan, Mayor

Substitute: Wang Guangcheng, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs Office

Chengdu Municipal People’s Government

Ge Honglin, Mayor

Substitute: Zhao Ling, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Daegu Metropolitan City

Kwon Young-jin, Mayor

Substitute: Kim, Yong Chang, Vice Mayor

Dalian Municipal People’s Government

Li Wan Cai, Mayor

Substitute: Li Yong Jin, President of People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

Fuzhou Municipal People’s Government

Yang Yimin, Mayor

Substitute: Zhumei Han, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government

Chen Jianhua, Mayor

Substitute: Liu Baochun, Director General

Gwangju City

Yoon Jang-hyun, Mayor

Substitute: Lee, Huyung-Seom, Vice Mayor

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Nam Kyung-pil, Governor

Substitute: Nam, Chong Hee, Vice Governor

Haikou Municipal People’s Government

Ni Qiang, Mayor

Substitute: Han Bin, General Director

Hamamatsu

Yasutomo Suzuki, Mayor

Substitute: Atsushi Ito, Deputy Mayor

Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government

Tong Gui-Li, Vice Mayor

Substitute: Xie Guo Jin, Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Harbin Municipal People’s Government

Song Xibin, Mayor

Substitute: Cui Yuping, Vice Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Incheon Metropolitan City

Yoo Jeong-bok, Mayor

Substitute: Yu, Byeong-Gum, Director General of International Relations Department

Kunming Municipal People’s Government

Tianyun Lyu, Deputy President

Substitute: Ling Rui, Secretary General

Nanning Municipal People’s Government

Zhou Hongbo, Mayor

Substitute: Lu Huaquan, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs Office

Seoul Metropolitan Government

Park, Won-soon, Mayor

Substitute: Yi, Byeonghan, Assistant Mayor

Shanghai Municipal People’s Government

Tu Guang Shao, Vice Mayor

Substitute: Fan Yu Fei, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs Office

Shenyang Municipal People’s Government

Chen Hai Bo, Mayor

Substitute: Fang Xiang Dong, Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government

Xu Qin, Mayor

Substitute: Zeng Yong, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Taichung City Government

Hu Jason C., Mayor

Substitute: Huang Kuo-Jung, Deputy Mayor

Taipei City Government

Hau Lung-Bin, Mayor

Substitute: Chen Hsiung-Wen, Deputy Mayor

Tianjin Municipal People’s Government

Huang Xingguo, Mayor

Substitute: Wang Shuhua, Director of Foreign Affairs Office

Xi’an Municipal People’s Government

Dong Jun, Mayor

Substitute: Liang Wanging, Director General of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

Wuhan Municipal People’s Government

Tang Liangzhi, Mayor

Substitute: Liu Yingzi, Vice Mayor

Zhengzhou Municipal People’s Government

Ma Yi, Mayor

Substitute: Yu Gao, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office

PACIFIC

Australian Local Governments Association (ALGA)

Troy Pickard, President, Mayor of the City of Joondalup

Local Government of New Zealand (LGNZ)

Lawrence Yule, President

Substitute: Mike Reid, Principal Policy Advisor

SOUTH EAST ASIA

National League of Commune/Sangkat

Say Kosal, President

Substitute: Pok Sokundara, Secretary General

Association of Indonesian Municipal Councils (ADEKSI)

Asmin Patros, Vice Chairman

Substitute: Joko Sustanto, Executive Director

Association of Indonesian Municipalities (APEKSI)

Vicky Lumentut, Chairman, Mayor of Manado

Substitute: Airin Rachmi Diany, Vice Chairman

League of Cities of the Philippines

Herbert M. Bautista, National President

Substitute: Jeremy T. Nishimori, Executive Director

National Municipal League of Thailand (NMLT)

Wijai Amaralikit, President

Substitute: Suriya Yeekhun, Head of Foreign Relationship

Association of Cities of Vietnam (ACVN)

Nguyen Van Khoi, Chairman

Substitute: Vu Thi Vinh, Vice General Secretary

Jakarta Capital City Special Province

Joko Widodo, Governor

Substitute: Heru Budi Hartono, Head of Bureau for Gubernatorial Affairs and International

Cooperation

Surabaya City

Tri Rismaharini, Mayor

Substitute: Ifron Hady Susanto, Head of Cooperation Division

Surakarta City

F.X. Hadi Rudyatmo, Mayor

Substitute: Achman Purnomo, Vice Mayor

Cimahi City

Atty Suharti Tochija, Mayor

Probolinggo City

Rukmini, Mayor

Substitute: Budi Krisyanto, Head of Environment Division

Wakatobi Regency Government

Hugua, Regent Mayor

Substitute: Abdul Manan, Head of Regional Planning Board

Yogyakarta City

Haryadi Suyuti, Mayor

Makati City Government

Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, Jr, Mayor

Substitute: Violeta Seva, Senior Advisor

SOUTH & SOUTH WEST ASIA

Municipal Association of Bangladesh (MAB)

Shamin Al Razi, Secretary General

Substitute: Ahmed Dewan Kamal, President, Rangpur Regional Committee

Association of District Development Committees of Nepal (ADDCN)

Krishna Prasad Jaishi, Spokesperson

Substitute: Hem Raj Lamichane, Executive Secretary General

Municipalities Association of Nepal (MuAN)

Dormani Paudel, President

Substitute: Bidur Mainali, General Secretary

Local Councils Association of the Punjab (LCAP)

Asif Nawaz, Finance Secretary

Substitute: Anwar Hussain, Executive Director

National Association of Village Development Committees in Nepal (NAVIN)

Mahin Limbu, Chairman

Substitute: Parshuram Upadhyay, Executive Director

Pakistan Local Councils Association of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (LCAKPK)

Yousaf Ayub Khan, President

All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) TEMP OB

Ranjit Chavan, Director General

Substitute: Thomas Lojy, International Relations and Good Governance Manager

EURO-ASIA

Number of seats attributed: 36

KAZAKHSTAN (1)

Yedil Zhanburshin, Vice President of Association of Kazakhstan Local Authorities Association, Mayor

of Aktau

Substitute: Ayat Sugirbay, Deputy of Aktau City Council

KYRGIZSTAN (2)

Kubanychbek Kulmatov, President of Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Mayor of Bishkek

Substitute: Bakytbek Diushembiev, Vice Mayor of Bishkek

Aitmamat Kadyrbaev, President of Kirgyzstan Municipalities Association, Mayor of Osh

Substitute: Taalaibek Sabirov, Chairman of Osh City Kenesh

RUSSIAN FEDERATION (29)

Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan

Substitute: Ludmila Andreeva, Secretary of Kazan City Duma

Aysen Nikolaev, Vice President of UCLG Eurasia, Association of Siberian and Far East Cities, Mayor

of Yakutsk

Substitute: Georgiy Ivanov, Vice Mayor of Yakutsk

Alexander Karpushkin, Vice President of UCLG Eurasia, President of Volga Region Municipalities

Association, Mayor of Samara

Substitute: Vladimir Reprintsev, Consular of Samara City, Executive Director of Volga Region

Municipalities Association

Islam Kadyrov, Vice-President of UCLG Eurasia, Mayor of Grozny

Substitute: Ismail Khusainov, First deputy Mayor of Grozny

Vladimir Bykov, Mayor of Kirov

Substitute: Aleksandr Semakin, Chairman of the Kirov City Duma

Tatiana Fedorova, Small Town Association of Russia, Mayor of Naryan-Mar

Substitute: Aleksandr Bebenin, First Deputy Mayor of Nayan-Mar

Zinaida Neyarokhina, President of Union of Local Russian Cities, Mayor of Rostov-on-Don

Substitute: TBC

Sergey Dzantiev, South Russia Cities Association, Mayor of Vladikavkaz

Substitute: Bella Ikoeva, The Head of Municipality of Vladikavkaz

Leonid Cherkesov, Vice President of Volga Region Municipalities Association, Mayor of Cheboksary

Substitute: Anna Kazantseva, Chairman of the Cheboksary City Council

Victor Kondrashov, Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Mayor of Irkutsk

Substitute: Aleksey Almukhamedov, Deputy Mayor of Irkutsk, Chairman of Committee of Economic

Mikhail Buzin, President of Small Town Association of Russia, Mayor of Arzamas

Substitute: Sergey Rybakov, Chairman of the Arzamas City Duma

Georgy Kolyagin, President of South Russia Cities Association, Mayor of Stavropol

Substitute: Victor Nadein, Deputy Chairman of the Stavropol City Duma

Andrey Kosolapov, Volga Region Municipalities Association, Mayor of the Volgograd

Substitute: Irina Kareva, Deputy Mayor of the Volgograd

Edkham Akbulatov, Chairman Association of Siberian and Far East Cities, Mayor of Krasnoyarsk

Substitute: Andrey Ignatenko, Deputy Mayor of Krasnoyarsk

Marina Bespalova, Vice President of Volga Region Municipalities Association, Mayor of Ulyanovsk

Substitute: Petr Stolyarov, First Deputy Mayor of Ulyanovsk

Valery Chershintsev, Mayor of Mendeleyevsk

Substitute: Rustem Khabibullin, Deputy of the District Council of Mendeleyevsk

Igor Sapko, Union of Local Russian Cities, Mayor of Perm

Substitute: Arkadyi Kats, First Deputy Chairman of the Perm City Duma

Alexander Sokolov, Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Mayor of Khabarovsk

Substitute: Sergey Savkov, Chairman of Habarovsk City Duma

Andrey Klimov, Mayor of Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Substitute: Svetlana Bazhenova, the Chairman of Komsomol-on-Amur City Duma

Oleg Kondrashov, Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod

Substitute: Maria Holkina, Deputy Head of the Administration of Nizhny Novgorod

Alexander Golkov, Association of Siberian and Far East Cities, Mayor of Ulan-Ude

Substitute: Seseg Shabakova, Deputy of Ulan-Ude City Council

Marat Abdrakhmanov, Association of Siberian and Far East Cities, Member of Yamal-Nenets

Autonomous Region Council

Substitute: Tamara Polyakova, Chairman of Gubkinskaya City Duma

Sergei Abramov, President of Association of Siberian and Far East Cities, Mayor of Magadan

Substitute: Yuriy Kazetov, Deputy Mayor of Magadan

Alexander Ushakov, Volga Region Municipalities Association, Mayor of Izhevsk

Substitute: Ludmila Gulyashinova, Councilor of Izhevsk

Vasiliy Filipenko, Union of Local Russian Cities, Mayor of Khanty-Mansiysk

Substitute: Tatyana Volgunova, Deputy Chairman of Khanty-Mansiysk City Duma

Magomed Suleimanov, President of Union of Local Authorities of Dagestan, Mayor of Makhachkala

Substitute: Tayli Kazakbiev, Vice President of Union of Local Authorities of Dagestan

Aidar Metshin, Vice President of Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mayor of

Nizhnekamsk

Substitute: Robert Garipov, Head of the Board of Nizhnekamsk Municipal District

Vladimir Platonov, Vice President of Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Chairman of Moscow City

Duma

Substitute: Tatyana Portnova, Deputy of Moscow City Duma

Anatoly Pisarenko, Small Town Association of Russia, Chairman of Nadim Rayon Duma of Yamal-

Nenets District

Substitute: Elena Misbakhova, Deputy of the Head of Nadim Region

TAJIKISTAN (1)

Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev, President of Cities Development Association of Tajikistan "Vatanam",

Mayor of Dushanbe

Substitute: Tolkun Nurbaeva, Deputy Mayor of Dushanbe

UKRAINE (1)

Alim Shirinsky, Donbass Miners Cities Association, Mayor of Ugledar

Substitute: Vladimir Ivanitskiy, Deputy Head of Ugledar

EUROPE

Number of seats attributed: 63+8

ALBANIA (1)

Fatbardh Plaku, Chairman of the Albanian Association of Communes, Mayor of Farkë

AUSTRIA (2)

Johannes Peinsteiner, Austrian Association of Municipalities, Member of the Upper Austrian

Parliament, Mayor of St. Wolfgang

Substitute: Arnold Marbek, Austrian Association of Municipalities, Mayor of Poggersdorf

Michael Häupl, President of the Association of Austrian Cities and Towns, Mayor of Vienna

Substitute: Elisabeth Vitouch, Austrian Association of Cities and Towns, Member of the Vienna City

Council

BELGIUM (3)

Marc Cools, President of the Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital

Region, Deputy Mayor of Uccle (Substitute in the EB)

Luc Martens, President of the Association of Flemish Towns and Municipalities, Mayor of

Roeselare

Christie Morreale, Member of the Board of the Union of Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia,

Deputy Mayor of Esneux

BULGARIA (1)

Darin Angelov, Chairman of the Council of Pleven Municipality

Substitute: Vladimir Moskov, Member of NAMRB Board of Directors, Mayor of Gotse Delchev

Municipality

CROATIA (1)

Matija Posavec, Member of the Executive Board of the Croatian County Association, Prefect of the

Medjimurje County

Substitute: Djurdjica Ištef Benšić, Deputy Prefect of the Bjelovar-Bilogora County

CYPRUS (1)

Eleni Loucaidou, Deputy Mayor of Nicosia

CZECH REPUBLIC (1)

Oldřich Vlasák, Executive President of CEMR, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Vice-

President on European Affairs of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic

(SMOCR), Member of Hradec Králové City Assembly

Substitute: Robert Zeman, Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Cooperation of SMOCR, Vice-

Mayor of Prachatice

ESTONIA (1)

Mihkel Juhkami, Vice-Chair of the Board of the Association of Estonian Cities, Chairman of the

Rakvere Town Council

Substitute: Pipi-Liis Siemann, Association of Estonian Cities, Mayor of Türi

FINLAND (1)

Markku Andersson, Vice-President of CEMR, Vice-President of the Association of Finnish Local and

Regional Authorities (AFLRA), Mayor of Jyväskylä

FRANCE (13)

Martine Aubry, Mayor of Lille, Vice-President of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole

Jacques Auxiette, President of the Pays de la Loire Regional Council

Jean-Paul Bachy, President of the Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council

Chantal Bourvic, Vice-President of the Val de Marne General Council, representing Christian Favier,

President of the Val de Marne General Council (Substitute in the EB)

Gérard Collomb, Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of the Metropolis of Lyon

Jean-Claude Gaudin, Former Minister, Senator-Mayor of Marseille (Substitute in the EB)

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris

Alain Juppé, Former Prime Minister, Mayor of Bordeaux, President of Urban Community of Bordeaux,

President of the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE)

Claudy Lebreton, President of the Côtes d'Armor General Council

Jocelyne Bougeard, Deputy Mayor of Rennes, representing Nathalie Appere, Mayor of Rennes

(Substitute in the EB)

Laurent Hénart, Mayor of Nancy

Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg, President of Cites Unies France

Michel Vauzelle, President of the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Regional Council, Member of Parliament

for the Bouches du Rhône

Substitutes:

Patrick Braouezec, President of the Agglomeration Community of Plaine-Commune (Substitute in the

EB)

Éric Piolle, Mayor of Grenoble

Christian Dupuy, Mayor of Suresnes, Vice-President of the Hauts de Seine General Council

Anne-Catherine Goetz, Deputy Mayor of Mulhouse, representing Jean Rottner, Mayor (Substitute in

the EB)

Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of the Nice Côtes d’Azur Métropole

Karine Gloanec-Maurin, Vice-President of the Centre Regional Council, First Deputy Mayor of Saint-

Agil

Patrick Jarry, Mayor of Nanterre

Philippe Laurent, Mayor of Sceaux, Vice-President of the Agglomeration Community of the Hauts de

Bièvre

Andre Viola, President of the General Council of Aude

Georges Morin, Deputy Member of the Gières Municipal Council

Johanna Rolland, Mayor of Nantes, President of Urban Community of Nantes Métropole

Majdouline Sbaï, Vice-President of the Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Council, representing Daniel

Percheron, President of the Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Council

Jean-Jack Queyranne, President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (Substitute in the EB)

GERMANY (4)

Thomas Kubendorff, Second Vice-President of the Counties Association of North Rhine-

Westphalia, President of the Steinfurt County

Jürgen Roters, Mayor of Cologne

Substitute: Eva Lohse, Mayor of Ludwigshafen, Vice President of the German Association of Cities

Roland Schäfer, First Vice-President of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities, Mayor of

Bergkamen

Substitute: Werner Große, President of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of Brandenburg,

Mayor of Werder

Bernd Vöhringer, Mayor of Sindelfingen

Substitute: Werner Große, President of the German Section of the Council of European

Municipalities and Regions (RGRE), Mayor of Polheim

GREECE (2)

Apostolos Kimissis, Member of the Board of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE),

Mayor of Amfilochia

Substitute: George Ioakimidis, Member of the Administrative Board of KEDE, Mayor of Nikea-Renti

George Patoulis, President of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE), Mayor of

Amaroussion

Substitute: Dimitrios Kafantaris, First Vice-President of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece

(KEDE), Mayor of Pylos-Nestoros

ICELAND (1)

Halldór Halldórsson, President of the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities, Councillor of

Reykjavík

ISRAEL (1)

Eli Levy, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Union of Local Authorities in

Israel, Mayor of Lehavim

Substitute: Miriam Feirberg, Mayor of Netanya

ITALY (3)

Michele Picciano, President of Italian Association of the Council of European Municipalities and

Regions (AICCRE)

Carla Rey, Deputy Mayor of Venice, Vice-President of AICCRE

Nicola Zingaretti, President of Lazio Region

Substitutes:

Mario Caligiuri, Member of Regional Council of Calabria

Fabio Pellegrini, Member of Rapolano Terme Municipal Council

Maria Grazia Sassi, Member of Locate Varesino Municipal Council

LATVIA (1)

Andris Jaunsleinis, President of the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments,

Member of the Ventspils Municipal Council (Substitute in the EB)

LITHUANIA (1)

Andrius Kupčinskas, Member of the Board of the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania,

Mayor of Kaunas

MOLDOVA (1)

Dorin Chirtoacă, Vice-President of the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM), Mayor

of Chisinau, Co-Chair of the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern

Partnership (CORLEAP)

Substitute: Alexei Busuioc, Mayor of Capaclia

NETHERLANDS (2)

Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, President of CEMR, President of the Association of Netherlands

Municipalities (VNG), Mayor of Almere

Ton Rombouts, Mayor of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Substitute in EB)

Substitute: Hubert Bruls, Mayor of Nijmegen, Vice-President of Association of Netherlands

Municipalities (VNG)

NORWAY (1)

Gunn Marit Helgesen, President of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

(NALRA), Member of the Porsgrunn Municipal Council

Substitute: Mette Gundersen, Vice-President of NALRA, Member of the Kristiansand Municipal

Council

POLAND (1)

TBC

PORTUGAL (4)

Raúl Castro, Mayor of Leiria

Carlos Carreiras, Mayor of Cascais

Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon

José Calixto, Mayor of Reguengos de Monsaraz

Substitute: Idalina Trindade, Mayor of Nisa

ROMANIA (2)

Emil Draghici, President of the Association of Romanian Communes (ACoR), Mayor of Vulcana-Băi

(Substitute in the EB)

Substitute: Valeria Dascalu, Mayor of Sabaoni

Constantin Nicolescu, Vice President of National Union of County Councils of Romania, President of

County Council of Arges

SLOVENIA (1)

Zoran Janković, Mayor of the City of Ljubljana

SLOVAKIA (1)

Michal Biganič, Mayor of Stará Ľubovňa

SPAIN (7)*

Íñigo de la Serna Hernáiz, Co-President of CEMR, President of the Federación Española de

Municipios y Provincias (FEMP), Mayor of Santander

Substitute: Fernando Martínez Maíllo, Second Vice-President of FEMP, President of the Zamora

Provincial Council, Member of the Zamora Municipal Council

Ana Botella Serrano, Mayor of Madrid

Substitute: Luís Partida Brunete, Mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada

Rita Barberá Nolla, Mayor of Valencia

Substitute: Juan Zoido Álvarez, Member of the Board of FEMP, Mayor of Sevilla

Francisco Javier León de la Riva, President of the International Relations Committee of FEMP,

Mayor of Valladolid

Substitute: Enrique Maya Miranda, Mayor of Pamplona

Ramón Ropero Mancera, Mayor of Villafranca de los Barros

Substitute: TBC

José López Orozco, Mayor of Lugo

Substitute: Pilar Varela Díaz, Mayor of Avilés

TBC

Substitute: TBC *Spanish nominations will be updated soon

SWEDEN (2)

Lena Micko, President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR),

Mayor of Linköping

Substitute: Anders Henriksson, Vice-President of SALAR, Chairman of the Kalmar County Council

Anders Knape, Executive President of CEMR, Vice-President of the Swedish Association of Local

Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Chairman of the City Council of Karlstad (Substitute in the EB)

Substitute: Carola Gunnarsson, Member of the Board of the Swedish Association of Local

Authorities and Regions (SALAR)

SWITZERLAND (1)

Sandrine Salerno, Councillor of Geneva

UNITED KINGDOM (4)

Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman of Local Government Association (LGA), Councillor, London

Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

Richard Kemp, Vice Chair of LGA European & International Board, Councillor, City of Liverpool

David O’Neill, President of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), Member of the

North Ayshire Council

TBC

Substitute: Dave Wilcox, Councillor, Derbyshire County

ADDITIONAL SEATS FOR DIRECT MEMBERS (8)

Alexis Housiaux, Mayor of Huy, Belgium

Salvador Esteve i Figueras, President of Diputación de Barcelona, Spain

Substitute: Joan Carles Garcia, Deputy Councillor for Chairmanship, Diputación de Barcelona, Spain

Ibon Areso, Mayor of Bilbao, Spain

Substitute: Ibone Bengoetxea, Deputy Mayor

Jordi Ballart i Pastor, Mayor of Terrassa, Spain

(TBC)

(TBC)

(TBC)

LATIN AMERICA

Number of seats attributed: 39

ARGENTINA (3)

Julio César Pereyra, President of Federación Argentina de Municipios (FAM), President of the Latin

American Federation of Cities, Municiaplities and Local Governement Associations (FLACMA)

Domingo Luis Amaya, Mayor of San Miguel de Tucumán

Substitute: Luis Alberto Lobo Chaklian, Deputy Secretary of Urban Planning of San Miguel de

Tucumán

Mauricio Macri, Mayor of Buenos Aires

BOLIVIA (2)

Oscar Montes, President of Asociación de Municipios de Bolivia (AMB)

Omar Rocha Rojo, Mayor of La Paz

BRAZIL (5)

Paulo Ziulkoski, President of National Confederation of Municipalities of Brazil (CNM)

Substitute: Antonio Iran de Souza Lima, Mayor of Boca do Acre, President of Amazonian

Association of Municipalities (AAM), Member of the Board of CNM

Arthur Virgilio do Carmo Neto Rivero, Mayor of Manaus

Agnelo Queiroz Santos, Governor of Brasilia D.F.

José Fortunati, Mayor of Porto Alegre

Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

CHILE (2)

Santiago Rebolledo, Secretary General of Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades (ACHM)

Carolina Tohá, Mayor of Santiago

COLOMBIA (3)

Elkin Bueno, President of Federación Colombiana de Municipios (FCM)

Aníbal Gaviria Correa, Mayor of Medellín

Gustavo Petro Urrego, Mayor of Bogotá

COSTA RICA (1)

Sandra García Pérez, Mayor of San José

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (2)

Juan De Los Santos, President of Federación Dominicana de Municipios (FEDOMU)

Johnny Alfredo Jones Luciano, Secretary General of Liga Municipal Dominicana

ECUADOR (3)

Daniel Avecilla, President of Asociación de Municipalidades Ecuatorianas (AME)

Denisse Robles Andrade, Mayor of San Francisco de Milagro

Marcelo Cabrera Palacios, Mayor of Cuenca

EL SALVADOR (1)

Zoila Milagro Navas, President of Corporación de Municipalidades de la República de El

Salvador (COMURES)

HONDURAS (1)

Carlos Bendeck, President of Asociación de Municipios de Honduras (AMHON)

MEXICO (3)

Renán Alberto Barrera Concha, President of Confederación Nacional de Municipios de México

(CONAMM)

Miguel Ángel Mancera, Mayor of México D.F.

Eruviel Ávila Villegas, Governor of Estado de México

PARAGUAY (2)

Ricardo Núñez, President of Organización Paraguaya de Cooperación Intermunicipal (OPACI)

Substitute: Venancio Díaz Escobar, Member of Executive Board of OPACI

Arnaldo Samaniego, Mayor of Asunción

PUERTO RICO (3)

José A. Santiago Rivera, President of Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico (AAPR)

William Miranda Torres, Mayor of Caguas

Substitute: Lydia Isabel Rivera-Denizard

José Guillermo Rodríguez, Mayor of Mayagüez

URUGUAY (1)

Artigas Barrios, President of Congreso Nacional de Intendentes

MIDDLE EAST & WEST ASIA

Number of seats attributed: 33

BAHRAIN (1)

Majed Milad Al Jazeeri, Mayor of Manama

Substitute: Mohamed Abdullah Mansouor Abdullah, Vice Mayor of Manama

IRAN (2)

Seyed Solat Mortazavi, Mayor of Mashhad

Substitute: Mohammad Mahdi Baradan, Deputy Mayor of Mashhad

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran

Substitute: Goshtasb Mozafari, Municipality of Tehran

IRAQ (1)

Abub Naim al-Kaabi, Mayor of Baghdad

Substitute: Hakeem Hasan, Municipality of Baghdad

JORDAN (2)

Akel Biltaji, Mayor of Amman

Substitute: Fawzi Massad, City Manager of Amman

Atef Rawahneh, Mayor of Lab-wa-Mleh

Substitute: TBC

LEBANON (4)

Bilal Hamad, Mayor of Beirut, President of the Lebanese Mayors Committee

Substitute: TBC

Antoine Chakhtoura, Mayor of Dekwaneh

Substitute: TBC

Nabil Fawaz, Mayor of Tibnine

Substitute: TBC

Edmond Gharios, Mayor of Chiyah

Substitute: TBC

PALESTINE (2)

Ghassan Shaka, President of Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Mayor of Nablus

Substitute: Musa Hadid, Vice President of Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA), Mayor of

Bireh

Nizar Hamid Hashim Hejazi, President of Union of Municipalities of Gaza, Mayor of Gaza

Substitute: Yahya Al-Astal, Vice President of Union of Municipalities of Gaza

TURKEY (21)

Hüseyin Sözlü, Mayor of Adana

Substitute: Şaban Acar, Adana Metropolitan Municipality

İbrahim Melih Gökçek, Mayor of Ankara

Substitute: Hacı Bekir Ünüvar, Councillor, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality

Murat Hazinedar, Mayor of Beşiktaş

Substitute: TBC

Hasan Akgün, Mayor of Büyükçekmece

Substitute: Önder Yüksel Eryiğit, Member of Büyükçekmece Municipal Council

Alper Taşdelen, Mayor of Çankaya

Substitute: TBC

Gültan Kişanak, Co-Mayor of Diyarbakir

Substitute: Fırat Anlı, Co-Mayor of Diyarbakir

Fatima Şahin, Mayor of Gaziantep

Substitute: TBC

Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul

Substitute: Özdemir İçin, Member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council

Aziz Kocaoğlu, Mayor of Izmir

Substitute: TBC

Ibrahim Karaosmanoğlu, Mayor of Kocaeli

Substitute: Mehmet Zekeriya Özak, Deputy Mayor of Kocaeli

Tahir Akyürek, Mayor of Konya

Substitute: Selim Yücel Güleç, Municipality of Konya

Ahmet Çakir, Mayor of Malatya

Substitute: Nevzat Aslan, Councillor, Municipality of Malatya

Hasan Ünver, Mayor of Nevşehir

Substitute: Mehmet Ali Tanriver, Vice-President of Nevsehir Municipal Council

Mustafa Bozbey, Mayor of Nilüfer

Substitute: TBC

Sara Kaya, Co-Mayor of Nusaybin

Substitute: Cengiz Kok, Co-Mayor of Nusaybin

Zeki Toçoğlu, Mayor of Sakarya

Substitute: TBC

Mustafa Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Seferihisar

Substitute: Bülent Köstem, Municipality of Seferihisar

Şevket Can, Mayor of Tarsus

Substitute: TBC

Nurhayat Altun, Co-Mayor of Tunceli

Substitute: Mehmet Ali Bul, Co-Mayor of Tunceli

Mehmet Sekmen, Member of Union of Municipalities of Turkey Council / Mayor of Erzurum

Substitute: Huseyin Yildirim, Member of Union of Municipalities of Turkey Council / Mayor of Erbaa

Murat Aydin, Mayor of Zeytinburnu

Substitute: Havvanur Yurtsever, Councillor, Municipality of Zeytinburnu

YEMEN (1)

Shawki Ahmed Hayel Saeed, Governor of Taiz

Substitute: Vefa Salman, Mayor of Yalova, Turkey

NORTH AMERICA

Number of seats attributed: 36-10

In Grey - Nominations pending to be clarified

CANADA (15)

Claude Dauphin, Mayor of Lachine Borough, City of Montreal, Québec, Past President of Federation

of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

Brad Woodside, Mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick, President of FCM

Clark Somerville, Councillor of Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, 2nd Vice President of FCM

Lise Burcher, Councillor of Guelph, Ontario, Chair of FCM Standing Committee on International

Relations

Sylvie Goneau, Councillor of Gatineau, Quebec, Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on Increasing

Women’s Participation in Municipal Government

Roger Anderson, Chair of Region of Durham, Ontario, Chair of FCM Standing Committee on

International Relations

Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, Québec

John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, Ontario

Pam McConnell, Councillor of Toronto, Ontario

Jenny Gerbasi, Councillor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, FCM 3rd Vice-President

Greg Moore, Mayor of Port Coquitlam, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia

Debra Button, Mayor of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Vice-Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on

International Relations

Raymond Louie, Councillor of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. 1st Vice President of

FCM

Marvin Plett, Mayor of Winkler, Manitoba, Vice-Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on International

Relations

Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener, Ontario, UCLG Deputy Treasurer

Member At Large TBC

USA (5 SEATS IN THE WC TBC)

METROPOLIS

Number of seats attributed: 22

Abidjan

Robert Beugré Mambe, Governor

Ahmedabad

Meenakshi Patel, Mayor

Antananarivo

Olga Rasamimanana, Vice President

Athens

Giorgos Kaminis, Mayor

Santiago de Chile Metropolitan Region

Claudio Orrego, President

Bangkok

Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor

Barcelona Metropolitan Area

Xavier Trias, President

Berlin

Michael Müller, Mayor

Colombo

Mohamed Muzammil, Mayor

Durban

James Nxumalo, Mayor

Guarulhos

Sebastiao Almeida, Mayor

Harare

Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni, Mayor

Hyderabad

Mohammed Majid Hussain, Mayor

Johannesburg

Parks Tau, Mayor

Kuala Lumpur

Ahmad Phesal Talib, Mayor

La Habana

Marta Hernández Romero, Provincial President

Mexico (State of)

Eruviel Ávila, Governor

Montevideo

Ana Olivera, Mayor

Ile de France Region

Jean-Paul Huchon, President

Rosario

Mónica Fein, Mayor

Sao Paulo (City of)

Fernando Haddad, Mayor

Surabaya

Tri Rismaharini, Mayor

DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS

Arab Towns Organization (ATO)

International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF)

International Association of Educating Cities (AICE)