Executive Bureau 2013-2016

The Executive Bureau is responsible for initiating proposals and carrying out the decisions of the World Council and for any other matter delegated to it by the World Council. It is in charge of the World Organisation’s administrative and financial management. It prepares the meetings of the World Council and of the General Assembly.

In Grey - Nominations pending to be clarified

PRESIDENT

Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul (Turkey), President of Union of Municipalities of Turkey, TURKEY

CO-PRESIDENTS

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris (France), President of UCLG Standing Committee on Gender Equality
Chen Jianhua, Mayor of Guangzhou (China)
Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux (France), President of French Association of Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE)
Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan (Russian Federation)
Jacqueline Moustache Belle, Mayor of Victoria (Seychelles), President of Association of Districts of Victoria
Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito (Ecuador)

VICE PRESIDENTS FOR UCLG REGIONAL SECTIONS

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

ASIA-PACIFIC:
Syed Muhammad Ashgar Shah Gillani, President of UCLG-ASPAC, President of Local Councils Association of Punjab (LCAP) (Pakistan)

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

MIDDLE EAST AND WEST ASIA:
Mohammed Bager Qalibaf, President of UCLG-MEWA, Mayor of Tehran (Iran)

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

NORTH AMERICA:
Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal (Canada)

METROPOLIS:
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)

TREASURER

Fathallah Oualalou, Mayor of Rabat (Morocco)
Berry Vrbanovic, Councillor of Kitchener (Canada) Deputy - Treasurer

HOST OF UCLG WORLD SECRETARIAT

Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain
Substitute: Maite Fandos, Deputy Mayor

AFRICA

"Northern Africa"

MAURITANIA
Ahmed Hamza Ould Hamza, President of Urban Community of Nouakchott, President of Association of Mayors of Mauritania (AMM), Vice Presidency of Northern Africa
Substitute: Fassa Yerim, Mayor of Rosso

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

TUNISIA
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

MALI
Adama Sangare, Central Mayor of Bamako District Council
Substitute: Harimakan Keita, 1st Deputy Mayor of Bamako

SENEGAL
Khalifa Sall, Mayor of City Council of Dakar, President of UCLG Africa, Vice Presidency of Western Africa
Substitute: Yoro Ba, 2^nd Deputy Mayor of City Council of Dakar

Central Africa

CONGO
Hugues Ngouélondélé, President of Association of Mayors of Congo (AMC), Vice Presidency of Central Africa
Substitute: Benjamin Alhponse Loukakou, Councillor of AMC

CHAD
Saleh Abdelaziz Damane, President of National Association of Mayors of Chad (ANCT)
Substitute: Kourayo Laoukein Medard, Vice President of ANCT

CAMEROON
Emile Andze Andze, President of United Councils and Cities of Cameroon (UCCC)
Substitute: Albert Anicet Okoa, Vice President of UCCC

Eastern Africa

KENYA
TBC

SEYCHELLE
Jacqueline-Moustache Belle, President of Association of Districts of Victoria (ADV), Mayor of Victoria, Vice Presidency of Eastern Africa

UGANDA
Frederick Gume, President of Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA)
Substitute: Josephine Kasya, Vice President of ULGA

Southern Africa

BOTSWANA
Mpho Moruakgomo, President of Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA)
Substitute: Caroline Lesang, Vice President of BALA

SOUTH AFRICA
Thabo Manyoni, President of South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA), Vice Presidency of Southern Afric
Substitute: Mpho Nawa, Vice President of SALGA

ZIMBABWE
Nimrod Chiminya, President of Zimbabwe Local Government Association (ZILGA)
Substitute: Emmanuel Chiroto, Deputy Mayor

ASIA-PACIFIC

East and North East Asia

Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
Li Xiaolin, President
Substitute: Zhang Ruoning,

Governors Association of Korea (GAOK)
Kim, Kwan Yong, President
Substitute: Han, Dal-Jun, Executive Director

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

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

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

Haikou Municipal People’s Government
Ni Qiang, Mayor
Substitute: Han Bin, General Director

Hamamatsu
Yasutomo Suzuki, Mayor
Substitute: Atsushi Ito, Deputy Mayor

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

Shanghai Municipal People’s Government
Tu Guang Shao, Vice Mayor
Substitute: Fan Yu Fei, Deputy Director General 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

South East Asia

National League of Commune/Sangkat
Say Kosal, President
Substitute: Pok Sokundara, Secretary General

Association of Indonesian Municipalities (APEKSI)
Vicky Lumentut, Chairman, Mayor of Manado
Substitute: Airin Rachmi Diany, Vice Chairman

National Municipal League of Thailand (NMLT)
Vichai Bandasak, President
Substitute: Suriya Yeekhun, Head of Foreign Relationship

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

South and South West Asia

Association of District Development Committees of Nepal (ADDCN)
Krishna Prasad Jaishi, Spokesperson
Substitute: Hem Raj Lamichane, Executive Secretary General

EURO-ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN
Yedil Zhanburshin, Vice President of Association of Kazakhstan Local Authorities Association, Mayor of Aktau
Substitute: Ayat Sugirbay, Deputy of Aktau City Council

KYRGIZSTAN
Isa Omurkulov, President of Association of Capitals and Big Cities, Mayor of Bishkek
Substitute: Bakytbek Diushembiev, Vice Mayor of Bishkek

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan
Substitute: Ludmila Andreeva, Secretary of Kazan City Duma
Aysen Nikolaev, Vice President of UCLG Eurasia, Association Villes Siberie et Extreme Orient, Mayor of Yakutsk
Substitute: Georgiy Ivanov, Vice Mayor of Yakutsk
Tatiana Fedorova, Small Town Association of Russia, Mayor of Naryan-Mar
Substitute: Aleksandr Bebenin, First Deputy Mayor of Nayan-Mar
Mikhail Buzin, President of Small Town Association of Russia, Mayor of Arzamas
Substitute: Sergey Rybakov, Chairman of the Arzamas City Duma
Marina Bespalova, Vice President of Volga Region Municipalities Association, Mayor of Ulyanovsk
Substitute: Petr Stolyarov, First Deputy Mayor of Ulyanovsk
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

TAJIKISTAN
Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev, President of Cities Development Association of Tajikistan "Vatanam", Mayor of Dushanbe
Substitute: Tolkun Nurbaeva, Deputy Mayor of Dushanbe

UKRANIA
Alim Shirinsky, Donbass Miners Cities Association, Mayor of Ugledar
Substitute: Vladimir Ivanitskiy, Deputy Head of Ugledar

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
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

BALTIC STATES
Mihkel Juhkami, Vice-Chair of the Board of the Association of Estonian Cities, Chairman of the Rakvere Town Council
Substitute: Andris Jaunsleinis, President of the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments, Member of the Ventspils Municipal Council

BELGIUM
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
Substitute: Marc Cools, President of the Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Deputy Mayor of Uccle

FINLAND
Markku Andersson, Vice-President of CEMR, Vice-President of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (AFLRA), Mayor of Jyväskylä

FRANCE
Martine Aubry, Mayor of Lille, President of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole
Jean-Paul Bachy, President of the Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council
Gérard Collomb, Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of the Urban Community of Lyon
Michel Delebarre, Former State Minister, Senator-Mayor of Dunkerque, President of the Urban Community of Dunkerque Grand Littoral, President of Cités Unies France (CUF)
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, Member of the Ile de France Regional Council
Alain Juppé, Former Prime Minister, Mayor of Bordeaux, Vice-President of Urban Community of Bordeaux, President of the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE)
Substitutes:
Chantal Bourvic, Vice-President of the Val de Marne General Council, representing Christian Favier, President of the Val de Marne General Council
Patrick Braouezec, President of the Agglomeration Community of Plaine-Commune
Christiane Eckert, Deputy Mayor of Mulhouse, representing Jean Rottner, Mayor of Mulhouse
Jean-Claude Gaudin, Former Minister, Senator-Mayor of Marseille
Roselyne Lefrançois, Deputy Mayor of Rennes
Bernard Soulage, Vice President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, representing Jean-Jack Queyranne, President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council

GERMANY
Jürgen Roters, Mayor of Cologne
Roland Schäfer, First Vice-President of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities, Mayor of
Bergkamen
Bernd Vöhringer, Mayor of Sindelfingen

GREECE
Konstantinos Tzanakoulis, Member of the Board of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE), Mayor of Larissa

ITALY
Michele Picciano, President of Italian Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AICCRE)
Substitute: Fabio Pellegrini, Member of Rapolano Terme Municipal Council

NETHERLANDS
Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, President of CEMR, President of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG), Mayor of Almere

NORWAY
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

PORTUGAL
Substitute: Idalina Trindade, Mayor of Nisa

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

SPAIN
Íñigo de la Serna Hernáiz, Vice-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
Francisco Javier León de la Riva, President of the International Relations Committee of FEMP, Mayor of Valladolid
Substitute: Juan Zoido Álvarez, Member of the Board of FEMP, Mayor of Sevilla

SWEDEN
Anders Knape, Executive President of CEMR, President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Councillor of Karlstad
Substitute: Ilmar Reepalu, Vice-President of SALAR, Mayor of Malmö

UNITED KINGDOM
Richard Kemp, Vice Chair of LGA European & International Board, Councillor, City of Liverpool
Substitute: Dave Wilcox, Councillor, Derbyshire County

LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA
Julio César Pereyra, President of Federación Argentina de Municipios (FAM)
Mauricio Macri, Mayor of Buenos Aires

BRAZIL
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

CHILE
Santiago Rebolledo, President of Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades (ACHM)
Carolina Tohá, Mayor of Santiago

COLOMBIA
Gustavo Petro Urrego, Mayor of Bogotá

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

ECUADOR
Jorge Martínez, President of Asociación de Municipalidades Ecuatorianas (AME)
Paúl Granda López, Mayor of Cuenca

EL SALVADOR
Zoila Milagro Navas, President of Corporación de Municipalidades de la República de El Salvador (COMURES)

MEXICO
Miguel Ángel Mancera, Mayor of México D.F.

PARAGUAY
Ricardo Núñez, President of Organización Paraguaya de Cooperación Intermunicipal (OPACI)
Substitute: Venancio Díaz Escobar, Member of Executive Board of OPACI

PUERTO RICO
José Guillermo Rodríguez, Mayor of Mayagüez

MIDDLE EAST AND WEST ASIA

IRAN
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran
Substitute: Goshtasb Mozafari, Deputy Director General for International Relations of Tehran

IRAQ
Abdalhussain Almorshedi, Mayor of Baghdad
Substitute: Hakeem Hasan, General Director of Relations and Media Directorate

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

PALESTINE
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
Rafiq Mekky, President of Union of Municipalities of Gaza, Mayor of Gaza
Substitute: Yahya Al-Astal, Vice President of Union of Municipalities of Gaza

TURKEY
Zihni Aldirmaz, Mayor of Adana
Substitute: Ozan Aksu, Head of Culture Department of Adana Metropolitan Municipality
Haki Bülent Tanik, Mayor of Çankaya
Substitute: Hüseyin Savaş Yorganci, Vice Mayor of Çankaya
Osman Baydemir, Mayor of Diyarbakir
Substitute: Eşref Güler, Vice Mayor of Diyarbakir
Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul
Substitute: Tansel Kaya, Member of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council
Aziz Kocaoğlu, Mayor of Izmir
Substitute: Adnan Oğuz Akyarli, First Deputy Chairman of Izmir Metropolitan Municipal Council
Tahir Akyürek, Mayor of Konya
Substitute: Selim Yücel Güleç, Head of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Department of Konya Metropolitan Municipality
Edibe Şahin, Mayor of Tunceli
Substitute: Sevim Soylu, Adviser of Tunceli

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA
Claude Dauphin, Mayor of Lachine Borough, City of Montreal, Québec, President of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Brad Woodside, Mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1^st Vice President of FCM
Lise Burcher, Councillor of Guelph, Ontario, Chair of FCM Standing Committee on International Relations
Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, Québec
Pam McConnell, Councillor of Toronto, Ontario
Berry Vrbanovic, Councillor of Kitchener, Ontario
Member at Large (representative to be confirmed)

USA (2 SEATS IN THE EB TBC)

METROPOLITAN SECTION

* Some of the Metropolis nominees to Executive Bureau are members of the World Council through other Sections

Abidjan
Robert Beugré Mambe, Governor
Berlin
Michael Müller, Mayor
Johannesburg
Parks Tau, Mayor
Mashhad
Seyed Solat Mortazavi, Mayor
Ile de France Region
Jean-Paul Huchon, President
Rosario
Mónica Fein, Mayor
Sao Paulo (City of)
Fernando Haddad, Mayor
Seoul
Park Won-soon, Mayor

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