UCLG WORLD COUNCIL

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 italics

Executive Bureau members

PRESIDENT Ø Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul (Turkey) CO-PRESIDENTS Ø Chen Jianhua, Mayor of Guangzhou (China) Ø Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris (France), President of UCLG Standing Committee on Gender

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

(AFCCRE) (France), Mayor of Bordeaux Ø Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan (Russian Federation) Ø Jacqueline Moustache Belle, President of Association of Districts of Victoria (Seychelles), Mayor

of Victoria Ø Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito (Ecuador) TREASURER Ø Berry Vrbanovic, President Emeritus of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) (Canada),

Mayor of Kitchener VICE-PRESIDENTS Ø AFRICA:

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

Ø ASIA-PACIFIC: Won Hee-Ryong, President of UCLG-ASPAC, Governor of Jeju Special Self-governing Province (Republic of Korea)

Ø EURO-ASIA: Aisen Nikolaev, Mayor of Yakutsk (Russian Federation)

Ø EUROPE: Iñigo De la Serna, Acting President and Co-President of CEMR, First Vice-President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Mayor of Santander (Spain)

Ø LATIN AMERICA: Paulo Ziulkoski, President of National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) (Brazil)

Ø MIDDLE EAST AND WEST ASIA:

Mohammed Bager Qalibaf, President of UCLG-MEWA, Mayor of Tehran (Iran) Ø NORTH AMERICA:

Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal (Canada) Ø METROPOLITAN:

Denis Coderre, President of Metropolis, Mayor of Montréal (Canada) Ø FORUM OF REGIONS:

TBC HOST OF THE WORLD SECRETARIAT Ø Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona (Spain)

Substitute: TBC

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 MAURITANIA (2) • Maty Mint Hamady, President of Urban Community of Nouakchott, President of Association of

Mayors of Mauritania (AMM), Vice Presidency of Northern Africa • Moussa Demba Sow, Vice President of AMM, Mayor of City of Kaédi

Substitute: Yacoub O Salem Vall, Mayor of City of Zouerate MOROCCO (3) *To be updated following elections in October 2015

• Mayor of City Council of Rabat *New Mayor: Mohamed Seddiki Substitute: Vice Mayor of City Council of Rabat • Mayor of City of Casablanca *New Mayor: Abdelaziz El-Omari Substitute: 1st Deputy Mayor of City of Casablanca • Mayor of City Council of Fès *New Mayor: Driss Azami Idrissi Substitute: 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 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, 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) • TBC Substitute: TBC

ZIMBABWE (1) • Nimrod Chiminya, President of Zimbabwe Local Government Association (ZILGA)

Substitute: Emmanuel Chiroto, Deputy Mayor

ASIA-PACIFIC

Number of seats attributed: 66 In grey: nominations to be clarified 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)

• Trumov Serikbai, 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

• Oleg Fursov, Mayor of Samara Substitute: Vladimir Reprintsev, Consular of Samara City, Executive Director of Volga Region Municipalities Association

• Muslim Khuchiyev, Mayor of Grozny Substitute: TBC

• 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

• Sergey Panchin, 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 • Musa Musayev, Vice-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

• Alexey Shaposhnikov, Vice President of Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Chairman of Moscow City Duma Substitute:

• 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) *Updated needed following Regional Elections in December 2015 • Martine Aubry, Mayor of Lille, Vice-President of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole • President of the Pays de la Loire Regional Council *New President elected: Bruno Retailleau • President of the Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council *New President elected: Philippe Richert • 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 • President of the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Regional Council *New President elected: Christian

Estrosi 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 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 • Henriette Reker, 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) • TBC • 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)

• Abel Caballero Álvarez, President of the Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP), Mayor of Vigo

Substitute: Oscar Puente Santiago, Mayor of Valladolid • Íñigo de la Serna Hernáiz, First Vice-President of the Federación Española de Municipios y

Provincias (FEMP), Mayor of Santander Substitute: Pedro Luis Sanz, Mayor of Meco

• Gabriel Cruz Santana, Mayor of Huelva Substitute: Pilar Zamora Bastante, Mayor of Ciudad Real • Josep Mayoral Antigas, Mayor of Granollers Substitute: Juan Zoido Álvarez, Member of the Board of FEMP, Mayor of Sevilla • David Lucas Parrón, Mayor of Móstoles Substitute: Augusto Hidalgo Macario, Mayor of las Palmas • Manuel Blasco Marques , Mayor of Teruel Substitute: Francisco Vázquez Reguero, President of Diputación de Segovia

• TBC Substitute: TBC

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 • Mercè Conesa i Pagès, President of Diputación de Barcelona, Spain

Substitute: Jaume Ciurana Llevadot, Diputación de Barcelona, Spain • Juan María Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao, Spain

Substitute: TBC • 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

• Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of Buenos Aires

BOLIVIA (2) • Oscar Montes, President of Asociación de Municipios de Bolivia (AMB) • Luis Revilla Herrero, 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) • Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín • Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, 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 • Ecom Osmar Pico, 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)

• Mohamed Ali Alkhozai, 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) • Thikra Mohammad Jaber Alwash, Mayor of Baghdad

Substitute: Hakeem Hasan, Municipality of Baghdad JORDAN (2) • Akel Biltaji, Mayor of Amman

Substitute: Fawzi Massad, City Manager of Amman • Jouma Alfoqhaa, 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) • Samih Tubeileh, President of Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA)

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 • Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of Beylikdüzü Municipality 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 • Cengiz Kok, Co-Mayor of Nusaybin Substitute: • 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 • Mehmet Ali Bul, 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 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

Ada Colau, 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

Daniel Martínez, 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 Ø Arab Towns Organization (ATO) Ø International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) Ø International Association of Educating Cities (AICE)