UCLG WORLD COUNCIL

MEMBERS

2010-2013

In blue representatives who are also members of the Executive Bureau

PRESIDENT Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey

CO-PRESIDENTS Johnny Araya, Mayor of San José, Costa Rica Antonio Costa, Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal Muchadeyi Masunda, Mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, Russia Wan Qingliang, Mayor of Guangzhou, China

VICE PRESIDENTS FOR UCLG REGIONAL SECTIONS AFRICA: Khalifa Sall, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal ASIA-PACIFIC: Fauzi Bowo, Governor of Jakarta, Indonesia EURO-ASIA: tbc EUROPE: Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, President of the German Section of Council

of European Municipalities and Regions (RGRE), President of Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

MIDDLE EAST AND WEST ASIA: Maged Abu Ramadan, Mayor of Gaza, Palestine, President of Association of Palestinian

Local Authorities (APLA) LATIN AMERICA: Julio César Pereyra, Mayor of Florencio Varela, Argentina, President of Federación

Argentina de Municipios (FAM), President of Federación Latinoamericana de Ciudades, Municipios y Asociaciones de Gobiernos Locales (FLACMA)

NORTH AMERICA: Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, Québec, Canada, President of UCLG North America METROPOLIS: Jean-Paul Huchon, President of Conseil Régional d’Île-de-France, France, President of

Metropolis

TREASURER Ted Ellis, Mayor of Bluffton, Indiana, USA

HOST OF UCLG WORLD SECRETARIAT Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain

AFRICA CENTRAL AFRICA CAMEROON Emile Andze-Andze, President of Association des Cités et Villes Unies du Cameroun (CVUC)

Substitute: Albert Anicet Akoa, Vice President of CVUC Gilbert Tsimi Evouna, Government Delegate of Communauté Urbaine de Yaoundé

Substitute: Emile Andze-Andze, President of CVUC CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Jean Barkes Gombe-Kette, Mayor of Bangui, President of Association des Maires de

Centrafrique (AMCA) Substitute: Basile Akelolo, Vice President of AMCA

CHAD Marie-Thérèse Mbailemdana, Mayor of N’Djamena, President of Association des Communes

du Tchad (ACT) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO André Kimbuta, Governor of Kinshasa

Substitute: Clément Bafiba Zomba, Deputy of Kinshasa GABON Jean François Ntoutoume Emane, Mayor of Libreville, President of Association des

Communes du Gabon (ACG) Substitute: Marguerite Virginius Makaga, Councillor of Libreville

GUINEA ECUATORIAL Coloma Edjang Mbengono, Mayor of Malabo

Substitute: Purificacion Envo Bela, Deputy Mayor of Malabo REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Hugues Ngouélondélé, Mayor of Brazzaville, President of Association des Maires du Congo

(AMC), Vice President for UCLG Central Africa Substitute: Benjamin Loukakou, Councillor of Brazzaville

SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE Jorge Dias Correia, Mayor of Agua Grande, President of Associação das Autarquias e Região

Autónoma de São Tomé e Príncipe (AARA/STP) Substitute: Helder Menezes, Vice President of AARA/STP

EASTERN AFRICA BURUNDI Alexis Nzohabonimana, President of Association Burundaise des Elus Locaux (ABELO)

Substitute: Jean Samandari, Vice President of ABELO

COMOROS Saïd Ahmed Said Ali, Mayor of Moroni ERITREA Kahsai Ghebrehiwet, Mayor of Asmara

ETHIOPIA Kuma Demeksa, Mayor of Addis Ababa

Substitute: Kefyalew Azeze, Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa KENYA Tarayia Kores, President of Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK),

Vice President for UCLG Eastern Africa, President of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA) Substitute: Antony Mackaria, Vice President of ALGAK

MADAGASCAR Richard Ramendehamanan, President of Région d’Alaotra Mangoro

Substitute: Jacques Nirina Nampoizina Andriamanirison, Mayor of Commune Urbaine Ambatondrazaka

SEYCHELLES Marie-Antoinette Alexis, Mayor of Victoria, President of Association of the Districts of

Victoria (ADV) TANZANIA Leonard Bihondo, Mayor of Mwanza, Chairperson of Association of Local Authorities of

Tanzania (ALAT) Substitute: Anna Msola, Deputy Chairperson of ALAT

UGANDA John W. Karazaarwe, President of Uganda Local Governments Association (ULGA) NORTHERN AFRICA ALGERIA Sbia Nourredine, President of Forum Algérien pour la Citoyenneté et la Modernité (FACM)

Substitute: Ahmed Mezmaz, Member of the National Bureau of FACM Nacira Boumezoura, Deputy Mayor of Douera

EGYPT Adly Hussein, Governor of Qualyubiya LYBIA Saad Mustapha El Asfar, Secretary General of People’s Congress of Benghazi MAURITANIA Ahmed Ould Hamza, Mayor of Nouakchott, President of Association des Maires de

Mauritanie (AMM) Substitute: Moussa Demba Sow, Vice President of AMM

Moussa Demba Sow, Vice President of AMM Substitute: Fassa Yerime, Mayor of Rosso

MOROCCO Fathallah Oualalou, Mayor of Rabat, Vice President for UCLG Northern Africa

Substitute: Abdelmounim El Madani, Vice Mayor of Rabat Mohamed Sajid, Mayor of Casablanca, 1st Vice President of Association Nationale des

Collectivités Locales du Maroc (ANCLM) Substitute: Hamid Chabat, Mayor of Fes

TUNISIA Beji Ben Mami, Mayor of Tunis, President of Fédération Nationale des Villes Tunisiennes

(FNVT)

SOUTHERN AFRICA BOTSWANA Mpho Moruakgomo, President of Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) MOZAMBIQUE Manuel Cambezo, President of National Association of Local Authorities of Mozambique

(ANAMM) David Simango, Mayor of Maputo

Substitute: Luis Bernardo Nhaca, Councillor of Urban Planning of Maputo NAMIBIA Rosina Hoabes, Chairperson of Association of Local Authorities of Namibia (ALAN) SOUTH AFRICA Amos Masondo, Mayor of Johannesbourg, President of South African Local Government

Association (SALGA) SWAZILAND Bennedict Bennet, President of Swaziland Local Government Association (SWALGA) ZAMBIA Charles Mumena, President of Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) ZIMBABWE Muchadeyi Masunda, Mayor of Harare, Vice President for UCLG Southern Africa Nimrod Chiminya, President of Zimbabwe Local Government Association (ZILGA)

Substitute: Emmanuel Chiroto, Vice President of ZILGA WESTERN AFRICA CAPE VERDE José Correia e Silva, Mayor of Praia

Substitute: Oscar Santos, Councillor of Praia CÔTE D'IVOIRE François Amichia, Mayor of Trenchville, President of Union des Villes et Communes de Côte

d’Ivoire (UVICOCI) GAMBIA Samba Faal, Mayor of Banjul

Substitute: Winston Shygle, Deputy Mayor of Banjul GHANA Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, President of National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana

(NALAG) Substitute: Abah Alhadj Mohammed Issah, 2nd Vice President of NALAG

GUINEA Mamadou Drame, President of Association Nationale des Communes de Guinée (ANCG)

MALI Adama Sangare, Mayor of Bamako

Substitute: Harimakan Keita, Deputy Mayor of Bamako NIGER Idé Seyni, President of Association des Maires du Niger (AMN)

Substitute: Kamayé Maliki, Vice President of AMN NIGERIA Felix Akhabue, President of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Vice

President for UCLG Western Africa Substitute: Musa Ahijo, Mayor of Takum

SENEGAL Khalifa Sall, Mayor of Dakar

Substitute: Abdoulaye Baldé, President of Association des Maires du Sénégal (AMS)

ASIA-PACIFIC

EAST & NORTH EAST ASIA Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Chen Haosu, President Governors’ Association of Korea (GOAK) Hur, Nam Sik, President

Substitute: Kim, Tae-Kyum, Secretary General Beijing Municipal People’s Government Guo Jinlong, Mayor

Substitute: Xiang Ping, Deputy Counsel of Beijing Foreign Affairs Office Busan Metropolitan City Hur, Nam-Sik, Mayor

Substitute: Jeong Lak Hyeong, Vice Mayor Changwon City Park, Wan-Su, Mayor

Substitute: Kim, Yoon-su, Deputy Mayor Daegu Metropolitan City Kim, Bum-Il, Mayor Substitute: Koo Bonwoo, Vice Mayor Geumsan County Government Park, Dong-cheol, Governor Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government Wan Qingliang, Mayor

Substitute: Li Ming, Director General of Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office Gunsan City Moon, Dong-Shin, Mayor

Substitute: Lee, Hak-Jin, Deputy Mayor Gwangju City Kang, Un Tae, Mayor

Substitute: Kim Yong Hwan, General Director of Economy & Ind Bureau Gyeonggi Provincial Government Kim, Moon Soo, Governor

Substitute: You Yeon-Chae Haikou Municipal People’s Government Xu Tangxian, Mayor

Substitute: Han Bin, Director of Haikou Foreign Affairs Office Hamamatsu City Yasutomo Suzuki, Mayor Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government Qi Cai, Mayor Harbin Municipal People’s Government Zhang Xiaolian, Mayor

Substitute: Liu Deben, Vice President of Harbin People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

Incheon Metropolitan City Song, Young-Gil, Mayor

Substitute: Kim, Kyung-Mi, Manager Jeollanam-do Provincial Government Park, Joon-yung, Governor Substitute: Eunyoung Lee, International Relations Officer

Seoul Metropolitan Government Oh, Se-hoon, Mayor Substitute: Kim, Heung Kwon, Vice Mayor Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Han Zheng, Mayor

Substitute: Tang Deng Jie, Vice Mayor Shenyang Municipal People’s Government Li Yingjie, Mayor Taichung City Government Jason C. Hu, Mayor Substitute: Chia-Chi Hsiao, Deputy Mayor Taipei City Government Lung-Bin Hau, Mayor

Substitute: Lee, Yong-Ping, Deputy Mayor Taipei County Government Chou Hsi-Wei, Governor Tianjin Municipal People’s Government Huang Xingguo, Mayor Wuhan Municipal People’s Government Ruan Chengfa, Mayor PACIFIC Australian Local Governments Association (ALGA) Genia McCaffery, President Local Government of New Zealand (LGNZ) Lawrence Yule, President Melbourne Robert Doyle, Mayor SOUTH EAST ASIA National League of Association of Commune/Sangkat Councils Say Kosal, President Indonesian Association of Regency Government (APKASI) Sujono, Chairman League of Cities of the Philippines Oscar Rodriguez, President National Municipal League of Thailand (NMLT) Prai Pattano, President Association of Cities of Vietnam Nguyen The Tao, Chairman Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor/Chief Executive Jakarta Capital City Special Province Fauzi Bowo, Governor

Substitute: Prijanto, Vice Governor Kuala Lumpur City Hall Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail, Mayor Lucena Local Government Unit Ramon Y. Talaga, Mayor Makati City Government Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, Mayor

Probolinggo City Buchori Soeryo, Mayor

Substitute: Johny Haryanto, Regional Secretary Surabaya City Government Tri Rismaharini, Mayor

Substitute: Bambang Dwi Hartono, Vice Mayor Yogyakarta City Herry Zudianto, Mayor

Substitute: Haryadi Suyudi, Vice Mayor SOUTH & SOUTH WEST ASIA

Municipal Association of Bangladesh (MAB) Asmatullah Khan, President Association of District Development Committees of Nepal (ADDCN) Krishna Prasad Jaishi, Spokesperson

Substitute: Poudel Madhav Prasad, Member Municipalities Association of Nepal (MuAN) Dora Mani Paudel, President National Association of Village Development Committees in Nepal (NAVIN) Mahin Limbu, Chief

Substitute: Bhim Prasad Dhungana, General Secretary Local Councils Association of the Punjab (LCAP) Asghar Shah Gillani, President Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities Nimal Chandrasiri De Silva, President District Development Committee of Chitwan Uddab Prasad Timalsena, Mayor Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ananda Raj Pokhrel, Chief Executive Officer

EURO-ASIA ARMENIA, REPUBLIC OF Gagik Beglaryan, Mayor of Erevan

Substitute: Lomali Murtazov, Deputy Mayor GEORGIA Mamuka Chikovani, Mayor of Rustavi KAZAKHSTAN, REPUBLIC OF Meyramkhat Aynabekov, Mayor of Semey

Substitute: Sergey Panteleev, Deputy Mayor KYRGYZSTAN, REPUBLIC OF Melisbek Myrzakmatov, Mayor of Osh Baatyrbek Zheenaliev, Mayor of Naryn

Substitute: Nurbek Moldokadyrov, Vice Mayor MONGOLIA Munkhbayar Gombosuren, Mayor of Ulan Bator

Substitute: Byambadorj Batsuren, Member of Mongol National Khural RUSSIAN FEDERATION Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala

Substitute: Mikhail Gokzhaev, Deputy Mayor Sergey Batin, Mayor of Zelenodolsk Sergey Bozhenov, Mayor of Astrakan

Substitute: Zoya Stepanova, Deputy of State Duma Vladimir Bykov, Mayor of Kirov

Substitute: Saida Sagitova, Deputy Mayor Mikhail Chernyshev, Mayor of Rostov-na-Donu Sergey Dzantiev, Mayor of Vladikavkaz

Substitute: Alimzhan Baygazakov, Deputy Mayor Nikolay Emelyanov, Mayor of Cheboksary

Substitute: Valentina Shumlyanskaya, Deputy Mayor Muslim Huchiev, Mayor of Grozny Kapur Isaev, Head of Administration of Karabudahkentsky Area of Republic of Dagestan Victor Kondrashov, Mayor of Irkutsk

Substitute: Aleksey Almukhamedov, Vice Mayor Evgeny Kuyvashev, Mayor of Tyumen Andrey Lobkin, Mayor of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Substitute: Igor Zholud, Deputy Mayor Aydar Metshin, Mayor of Nizhnekamsk llsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan Anatoly Migunov, Mayor of Arzamas Vladimir Mikhalev, Mayor of Komsomolsk-na-Amure

Substitute: Rustam Abdulin, Deputy Mayor Isa Omurkulov, Mayor of Bishkek Substitute: Bakytbek Diushembiev, Vice Mayor Beyel Ozdoev, Mayor of Nazran

Substitute: Mamed Larsanov, Deputy Mayor Nikolay Paltsev, Mayor of Stavropol

Substitute: Dmitry Sudavtsov, Vice Mayor Petr Pimashkov, Mayor of Krasnoyarsk

Substitute: Viktor Shevchenko, 1st Deputy Mayor Alexander Pinkov, Mayor of Ulyanovsk

Substitute: Valery Shaposhnikov, Deputy of City Duma Vasil Shaykhraziev, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chekny

Substitute: Sergey Yudakov, Deputy of Regional Duma Igor Shubin, Mayor of Perm

Substitute: Rassik Sagitov, Deputy Mayor Vladislav Skvortsov, Mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Substitute: Elvira Shiralieva, Deputy Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow

Substitute: Vladimir Platonov, Chairman of Moscow Duma Alexander Sokolov, Mayor of Habarovsk

Substitute: Natalia Abdulina, Deputy Mayor Viktor Volochunas, Mayor of Yaroslavl

Substitute: Sergey Ivanov, Deputy Mayor Yuri Zabolev, Mayor of Yakutsk

Substitute: Georgy Ivanov, Vice Mayor TAJIKISTAN Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev, Mayor of Dushanbe City

Substitute: Tolkun Nurbaeva, Deputy Mayor UKRANIA Alexander Lukyanchenko, Mayor of Donetsk

Substitute: Yuri Bobrov, Vice Mayor

EUROPE

AUSTRIA Michael Häupl, Mayor and Governor of Vienna, President of Association of Austrian Cities and

Towns, Honorary President of CEMR Substitute: Ernt Woller, Member of Vienna Municipal Council

Johannes Peinsteiner, Mayor of St. Wolfgang Substitute: Arnold Marbek, Mayor of Poggersdorf

BENELUX Belgium Luc Martens, Mayor of Roeselare, President of Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities

(VVSG), Vice President of Union of Belgian Cities and Municipalities (UVCB-VBSG) Marc Cools, Deputy Mayor of Uccle, President of Association de la Ville et des Communes de

la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (AVCB-VSGB), Vice President of UVCB-VBSG Jacques Gobert, Mayor of La Louvière, President of UVCB-VBSG (Substitute in the EB) Netherlands Anne Marie Jorritsma, Mayor of Almere, President of Association of Netherlands

Municipalities (VNG), Co-President of CEMR Cor Lamers, Mayor of Houten, Vice President of VNG (Substitute in the EB)

Substitute: Peter Rehwinkel, Mayor of Groningen BULGARIA Ivan Asparuhov, Mayor of Mezdra, Deputy President of National Association of Municipalities

in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB) Substitute: pending

CYPRUS Eleni Loucaides, Member of Nicosia City Council CZECH REPUBLIC Oldřich Vlasák, Member of Hradec Kralové City Council, President of Union of Towns and

Communities of the Czech Republic (SMOCR), Executive President of CEMR DENMARK / FINLAND /ICELAND/ NORWAY / SWEDEN Denmark (1) To be appointed Finland Markku Andersson, Mayor of Jyvaskyla, Vice President of Association of Finnish Local and

Regional Authorities (AFLRA), Vice President of CEMR Iceland Halldor Halldorsson, Mayor of Isafjordur, President of Icelandic Association of Local

Authorities Norway Halvdan Skard, Member of Bærum Municipal Council, President of Norwegian Association of

Local and Regional Authorities (NALRA) Substitute: Bjorg Tysdal Moe, Deputy Mayor of Stavanger, Member of the Executive Board of NALRA

Sweden Anders Knape, Councillor of Karlstad, President of Swedish Association of Local Authorities

and Regions (SALAR), Executive President of CEMR Substitute: Ilmar Reepalu, Mayor of Malmo, Vice President of SALAR

BALTIC STATES Estonia Urve Tiidus, Mayor of Kuressaare, Member of Association of Estonian Cities Lithuania Andrius Kupčinskas, Councilmember of Kaunas FRANCE Martine Aubry, Mayor of Lille, President of Communauté Urbaine de Lille Jacques Auxiette, President of Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire, Councillor of La Roche sur

Yon Jean-Paul Bachy, President of Conseil Régional Champagne Ardenne Patrick Braouezec, President of Communauté d’Agglomération Plaine-Commune,

Parliamentarian (Substitute in the EB) Gérard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, President of Communauté Urbaine de Lyon, Senator Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mayor of Marseille, Senator, Former Minister (Substitute in the EB) Anne Hidalgo, 1st Deputy Mayor of Paris Charles Josselin, President of Cités Unies France (CUF), Vice President of Conseil Général des

Côtes d’Armor, Former Minister (Substitute in the EB) Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux, Vice President of Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux, Minister,

Former Prime Minister Claudy Lebreton, President of Conseil Général des Côtes-d'Armor Louis Le Pensec, President of the French Section of Council of European Municipalities and

Regions (AFCCRE), Vice President of CEMR, Former Minister (Substitute in the EB) André Rossinot, Mayor of Nancy, Former Minister Michel Vauzelle, President of Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Substitutes: Jean-Marc Ayrault, Mayor of Nantes, President of Communauté Urbaine de Nantes, Parliamentarian Michel Delebarre, Mayor of Dunkerque, President of Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque, Parliamentarian, Former Minister Bernard Derosier, President of Conseil Général du Nord, Parliamentarian Michel Destot, Mayor of Grenoble, Parliamentarian Christian Dupuis, Mayor of Suresnes, Vice President of Conseil Général des Hauts-de-Seine Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice Christian Favier, President of Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne Karine Gloanec Maurin, Vice President of Conseil Régional du Centre Daniel Groscolas, Mayor of L'Houmeau, Vice President of Communauté d'Agglomération de La Rochelle Patrick Jarry, Mayor of Nanterre Philippe Laurent, Mayor of Sceaux Georges Morin, Vice Mayor of Gières Jean-Jacques Queyranne, President of Conseil Régional de Rhône-Alpes, Former Minister

GERMANY Thomas Kubendorff, Kreis Steinfurt, President of Counties Association of Northrhine

Westphalia (Substitute in the EB) Jürgen Roters, Mayor of Köln (Substitute in the EB)

Substitute: Petra Roth, Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, Vice President of Association of German Cities

Roland Schäfer, Mayor of Bergkamen, President of German Association of Municipalities Substitute: Werner Große, Mayor of Werder Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, President of RGRE, President of CEMR

Substitute: Karl-Heinz Schäfer, Mayor of Pohlheim

GREECE Apostolos Kimissis, Mayor of Amfilochia, Member of the Administrative Board of Central

Union of Municipalities and Communities of Greece (KEDKE) Konstantinos Tzanakoulis, Mayor of Larissa, Vice President of the Bureau of KEDKE ISRAEL (1 WC member TBC) ITALY Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome

Substitute: Mario Caligiuri, Vice President of Region of Calabria Patrizia Casagrande, President of Province of Ancona

Substitute: Fabio Filippi, Councillor of Region of Emilia-Romagna Marco Vinicio Guasticchi, President of Province of Perugia

Substitute: Lorenzo Guerini, Mayor of Lodi Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan

Substitute: Laura Puppato, Councillor of Region of Veneto Michele Picciano, President of Region of Molise, President of the Italian Section of Council of

European Municipalities and Regions (AICCRE) Substitute: Fabio Pellegrini, Councillor of Rapolano Terme, 1st Vice President of AICCRE, Member of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE)

Matteo Renzi, Mayor of Florence Substitute: Osvaldo Mangone, Deputy Mayor of Monza

PORTUGAL Fernando Ruas, Mayor of Viseu, President of National Association of Portuguese Municipalities

(ANMP) Substitute: Francisco Moita Flores, Mayor of Santarem

António Costa, Mayor of Lisbon, Executive President of CEMR Substitute: Maria Amélia Antunes, Mayor of Montijo

Berta de Melo Cabral, Mayor of Ponta Delgada (Substitute in the EB) Substitute: Maria Isabel Soares, Mayor of Silves

António Magalhães da Silva, Mayor of Guimaraes (Substitute in the EB) Substitute: Ana Teresa Sá, Mayor of Palmela

ROMANIA Emil Draghici, Mayor of Vulcana-Băi, President of Association of Romanian Communes

(ACoR) Mircea Gheorghe Hava, Mayor of Alba-Iulia, President of Romanian Association of

Municipalities (AMR) SPAIN Pedro Castro Vázquez, Mayor of Getafe, President of Federación Española de Municipios y

Provincias (FEMP), Vice President of CEMR Substitute: Paz Fernández Felgueroso, Mayor of Gijón (Substitute in the EB)

Ramón Ropero Mancera, Mayor of Villafranca de los Barros Substitute: Pilar Sánchez Muñoz, Mayor of Jerez de la Frontera

Manuel Bustos Garrido, Mayor of Sabadell, President of Federación de Municipios de Cataluña (FMC) (Substitute in the EB) Substitute: Alejandro Soler Mur, Mayor of Elche

Andrés Ocaña Rabadán, Mayor of Córdoba Substitute: Iñaki Azkuna Urreta, Mayor of Bilbao

Rita Barberá Nolla, Mayor of Valencia Substitute: Francisco Javier León de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid

Yolanda Barcina Angulo, Mayor of Pamplona Substitute: Iñigo Joaquín de la Serna Hernáiz, Mayor of Santander

Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, Mayor of Madrid Substitute: Luís Partida Brunete, Mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada

SWITZERLAND Sandrine Salerno, Mayor of Genève

To be appointed

UNITED KINGDOM Margaret Eaton, Mayor of Bradford, Chairman of Local Government Association (LGA)

Substitute: David Shakespeare, Leader of Buckinghamshire County Council, Vice Chairman of LGA

Richard Kemp, Councillor of Liverpool, Deputy Chairman of LGA Pat Watters, Member of South Lanarkshire Council, President of Convention of Scottish Local

Authorities (COSLA) David Wilcox, Member of Derbyshire County Council, Chair of European and International

Programme Board of LGA

LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA Domingo Luis Amaya, Mayor of San Miguel de Tucumán

Substitute: Roberto Brandán, Mayor of Villa Atamisqui Gerardo Osvaldo Amieiro, Mayor of San Fernando

Substitute: Carlos Alejandro Engel, Mayor of La Cumbre Tomas Fernando Espinoza, Mayor of La Matanza

Substitute: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, Governor of State of Yucatán, Mexico Miguel Lifschitz, Mayor of Rosario

Substitute: Jorge Ferraresi, Mayor of Avellaneda Mauricio Macri, Mayor of Buenos Aires

Substitute: Hermes Juan Binner, Governor of State of Santa Fe Mario Meoni, Mayor of Junin

Substitute: Enrique Gabriel Busso, Mayor of Serrano Julio César Pereyra, Mayor of Florencio Varela, President of FAM, President of FLACMA

Substitute: Marcelo Bisogni, Mayor of Concepción de Uruguay Marcos Sestopal, Mayor of La Falda

Substitute: Néstor Daniel Salibi, Mayor of Mendiolaza BOLIVIA Edwin Castellanos Mendoza, Mayor of Cochabamba, President of Federación de

Asociaciones de Municipios de Bolivia (FAMB), Vice President of FLACMA Substitute: Domingo Martínez Cáceres, Mayor of Sucre

BRAZIL Sebastiao Almeida, Mayor of Guarulhos

Substitute: Dário Elias Berger, Mayor of Florianopolis Amazonino Armando Mendes, Mayor of Manaus, Vice President of FLACMA

Substitute: Osvaldo Baptista Duarte Filho, Mayor of Sao Carlos José Fortunati, Mayor of Porto Alegre

Substitute: Jairo Jorge Da Silva, Mayor of Canoas Gilberto Kassab, Mayor of Sao Paulo

Substitute: Marilia Campos, Mayor of Contagem Luizianne Lins, Mayor of Fortaleza, Vice President of National Front of Mayors (FNP)

Substitute: Joao Carlos Coser, President of FNP Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

Substitute: Juan Manuel Llano Uribe, Mayor of Manizales, Colombia Jair Souto, President of Amazonian Association of Municipalities

Substitute: Estela Oton, Mayor of Brasilia Eduardo Tadeo Pereira, Mayor of Varzea Paulista

Substitute: Marcio Lacerda, Mayor of Belo Horizonte Paulo Ziulkoski, President of National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM)

Substitute: Aidan Ravin, Mayor of Santo Andre CHILE Claudio Arriagada Macaya, Mayor of La Granja, President of Asociación Chilena de

Municipalidades (ACHM) Substitute: Gerardo Blyde, President of Asociación de Alcaldes de Venezuela (ADAVE)

Pablo Zalaquett, Mayor of Santiago Substitute: Paul Granda, Mayor of Cuenca, President of Asociación de Municipalidades Ecuatorianas (AME)

COLOMBIA Gabriel Jaime Cadavid Bedoya, Mayor of Itagüí

Substitute: Susana Villarán, Mayor of Lima, Peru Samuel Gustavo Moreno Rojas, Mayor of Bogotá

Substitute: Edwin Castellanos Mendoza, Mayor of Cochabamba, President of FAMB, Vice President of FLACMA

Ramiro Navia Díaz, Mayor of Popayán, President of Federación Colombiana de Municipios (FCM), Co-President of FLACMA Substitute: José Gustavo Moreno Porras, Mayor of La Mesa

COSTA RICA Johnny Araya, Mayor of San José

Substitute: Osvaldo Vottero, Mayor of Oncativo, Argentina DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Felix Manuel Rodriguez Grullon, Mayor of San Francisco de Macoris, President of Federación

Dominicana de Municipios (FEDOMU), Co-President of FLACMA Substitute: José Enrique Sued, Mayor of Santiago de los Caballeros

ECUADOR José Francisco Asán Wongsan, Mayor of San Francisco de Milagro

Substitute: Mario Conejo, Mayor of Otavalo Paul Granda, Mayor of Cuenca, President of AME

Substitute: Jorge Martínez Vásquez, Mayor of Ibarra Augusto Barrera Guarderas, Mayor of Quito

Substitute: Jaime Nebot Saadi, Mayor of Guayaquil Ernesto Estupiñan Quintero, Mayor of Esmeralda

Substitute: Jorge Jesús Rodriguez, Mayor of Libertador-Caracas, Venezuela EL SALVADOR Zoila Milagros Navas, Mayor of Antiguo Cuscatlán, President of Corporación de

Municipalidades de la República de El Salvador (COMURES), Vice President of FLACMA Substitute: Alberto Faustino Ortíz, Mayor of Palpata, Argentina

MEXICO Jaime Valls Esponda, Mayor of Tuxtla, President of Asociación de Autoridades Locales de

México (AALMAC) Substitute: Alcides Goítia, Mayor of Carirubana, Venezuela

Azucena Olivares, Mayor of Naucalpan, President of Asociación de Municipios de México (AMMAC) Substitute: Héctor Ortíz Ortíz, Governor of State of Tlaxcala

Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubon, Mayor of México D.F., Vice President of FLACMA Substitute: Miguel Alonso Reyes, Governor of State of Zacatecas

NICARAGUA Daysi Torres Bosques, Mayor of Managua

Substitute: Johnny Araya, President of Federación Metropolitana de Municipalidades de San José (FEMETRON)

PARAGUAY Basilio Nuñez, Mayor of Villa Hayes, President of Organización Paraguaya de Cooperación

Intermunicipal (OPACI), Vice President of FLACMA Substitute: Arnaldo Samaniego, Mayor of Asunción

PERU Juan Enrique Dupuy Garcia, Mayor of Ate

Substitute: Blanca Alcalá, Mayor of Puebla, Mexico

PUERTO RICO William Miranda Torres, Mayor of Caguas

Substitute: José Luis Avila Sánchez, Mayor of Acapulco, Mexico José Santiago Rivera, Mayor of Comerío, President of Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico

(AAPR) Substitute: Amado Acosta García, Mayor of Texcoco, Mexico

URUGUAY Ana Oliveira, Mayor of Montevideo

Substitute: Wilson Ezquerra, President of Congreso de Intendentes

MIDDLE EAST & WEST ASIA AFGHANISTAN Mohammad Yunus Noandesh, Mayor of Kabul

Substitute: Mehmet Besir Ayanoglu, Mayor of Mardin, Turkey IRAN Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran

Substitute: Ismail Bayram, Mayor of Duzce, Turkey Sayed Mohammad, Mayor of Mashad

Substitute: Muhammed Necip Buyukaslan, Mayor of Adıyaman, Turkey Alireza Novin, Mayor of Tabriz

Substitute: Bekir Kaya, Mayor of Van, Turkey JORDAN (4) To be appointed LEBANON Bilal Hamad, Mayor of Beirut

Substitute: Bouchra Itani, Deputy Mayor of Beirut Joseph Diab Maalouf, Mayor of Zahleh

Substitute: Assad Barrak, Deputy Mayor of Zahleh Mohamed Khansa, Mayor of Ghobayreh

Substitute: Mohamed Dergham, Deputy Mayor of Ghobayreh Ziad Hawat, Mayor of Jbeil-Byblos

Substitute: Najwa Bassil, Deputy Mayor of Jbeil-Byblos PALESTINE Maged Abu Ramadan, Mayor of Gaza, President of APLA

Substitute: Khaled Osaily, Mayor of Hebron Hani Al Hayek, Mayor of Beit Sahour, Secretary General of APLA

Substitute: Hassan S. Hussein, Mayor of Jericho SYRIA Maan Chibli, Mayor of Aleppo

Substitute: Firas Masri, Councillor of Aleppo Beshr Al-Sabban, Mayor and Governor of Damascus

Substitute: (to be nominated subsequently) TURKEY Recep Altepe, Mayor of Metropolitan Bursa

Substitute: Bülent Hamdi Cingil, Mayor of Yenişehir/Bursa Hasan Akgün, Mayor of Büyükçekmece

Substitute: Sedat Pekel, Mayor of Bandırma Ülgür Gökhan, Mayor of Çanakkale

Substitute: Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Seferihisar/Izmir Bülent Tanık, Mayor of Çankaya

Substitute: Ertuğrul Senoglu, Councillor of Çankaya Osman Baydemir, Mayor of Metropolitan Diyarbakır

Substitute: İlhan Diken, Councillor of Metropolitan Diyarbakır Mehmet Ellibeş, Mayor of Gölcük

Substitute: Sedat Yücel, Councillor of Gölcük

Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Metropolitan Istanbul, President of Union of Municipalities of Turkey (UMT) Substitute: Lokman Çağırıcı, Mayor of Bağcılar/Istanbul

Aziz Kocaoğlu, Mayor of Metropolitan Izmir Substitute: Adnan Oğuz Akyarlı, Vice Mayor of Metropolitan Izmir

Ibrahim Karaosmanoğlu, Mayor of Metropolitan Kocaeli Substitute: Zekeriya Özak, Councillor of Metropolitan Kocaeli

Ahmet Çakır, Mayor of Malatya Substitute: Ertan Mumcu, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of Malatya

Hasan Ünver, Mayor of Nevşehir Substitute: Yücel Menekşe, Councillor of Nevşehir

Mustafa Bozbey, Mayor of Nilüfer Substitute: Ceyhun İrgil, Councillor of Nilüfer

Zeki Toçoğlu, Mayor of Metropolitan Sakarya Substitute: Hasan Altuntaş, Councillor of Metropolitan Sakarya

Burhanettin Kocamaz, Mayor of Tarsus Substitute: Kerim Tufan, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of Tarsus

Edibe Şahin, Mayor of Tunceli (Substitute in the EB) Substitute: Nezahat Ergüneş, Mayor of Bostaniçi

Yakup Koçal, Mayor of Yalova Substitute: Ahmet Özsümer, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of Yalova

Murat Aydın, Mayor of Zeytinburnu Substitute: Gökhan Kasap, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of Zeytinburnu

NORTH AMERICA CANADA Len Bracko, Councillor of St Albert, Alberta Lise Burcher, Councillor of Guelph, Ontario, Vice Chair of Federation of Canadian Municipalities

(FCM) Standing Committee on International Relations (substitute in the EB) Claude Dauphin, President of Montréal City Council, Quebec, 3rd Vice President of FCM

(substitute in the EB) Marvin Hunt, Councillor of Surrey, British Columbia, Chair of FCM Standing Committee on

International Relations Derek Corrigan, Mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia Hans Cunningham, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Colombia, President of FCM Lois Jackson, Mayor of Delta, British Columbia Representative, City of Toronto, Ontario (to be determined) Karen Leibovici, Councillor of Edmonton, Alberta, 2nd Vice President of FCM (substitute in the

EB) Pam McConnell, Councillor of Toronto, Ontario Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, Québec, President of UCLG North America

Substitute: Michel Bissonet, Member of Executive Committee of Montréal, Quebéc Berry Vrbanovic, Councillor of Kitchener, Ontario, 1st Vice President of FCM TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (2) To be appointed USA Valerie Brown, Commissioner of Sonoma County, California, Immediate Past President of

National Association of Counties (NACo) Substitute: Don Stapley, Commissioner of Maricopa County, Arizona Joe Davis, Alderman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Board Member of National League of Cities

(NLC) Ted Ellis, Mayor of Bluffton, Indiana, Advisory Council of NLC James “Jim” Hunt, Councilmember of Clarksburg, West Virginia, Immediate Past President

of NLC Leonard Eliason, Commissioner of Athens County, Ohio, 1st Vice President of NACO

Substitute: B. Glen Whitley, Commissioner of Tarant County, Texas, President of NACo

METROPOLITAN SECTION

VICE PRESIDENCE

Jean-Paul Huchon, President of Conseil Régional d’Île-de-France, President of Metropolis Substitute: Eduardo Rihan Cypel, Councillor of Conseil Régional d’Île-de-France

AFRICA IVORY COAST Pierre Djédji Amondji, Governor of District of Abidjan, Executive Vice President of Metropolis MADAGASCAR Edgard Razafindravahy, Mayor of Antananarivo ETHIOPIA Kuma Demeksa, Mayor of Addis Ababa

ASIA-PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA Justin Madden, Minister for Planning of State of Victoria (Melbourne), Executive Vice President

of Metropolis SOUTH KOREA Oh Se-hoon, Mayor of Seoul, Regional Vice President of Metropolis CHINA Wan Qingliang, Mayor of Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, Member of Metropolis

Board of Directors

EURO-ASIA RUSSIA Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow

EUROPE

SWEDEN Sten Nordin, Mayor of Stockholm

Substitute: Ewa Samuelsson, Vice Mayor of Stockholm GERMANY Ingeborg Junge-Reyer, Senator of Urban Development in Berlin, Regional Vice President of

Metropolis SPAIN Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona, President of Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Área

Metropolitana de Barcelona Substitute: Jordi Martí, Delegate for Culture of Barcelona

MIDDLE EAST- WEST ASIA TURKEY Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Member of Metropolis Board of

Directors IRAN Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran Alireza Pakfetrat, Mayor of Shiraz

LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL Alberto Goldman, Governor of State of Sao Paulo, Executive Vice President of Metropolis José Fortunati, Mayor of Porto Alegre CUBA Juan Contino Aslán, Mayor of La Havana, Regional Vice President of Metropolis

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Metropolis David Miller, Mayor of Toronto, Member of Metropolis Board of Directors MEXICO Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of State of Mexico, Regional Vice President of Metropolis