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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

CENTRAL AFRICA
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, 1 st 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 Bennett, 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 Treichville, 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, 2 nd Vice President of NALAG
GUINEA
� Mamadou Drame, President of Association Nationale des Communes de Guinée (ANCG)

MALI
� Adama Sangaré, 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)

EAST & NORTH EAST ASIA
ASIA-PACIFIC
Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
� Chen Haosu, President
Governors Association of Korea (GOAK)
� Park, Joon-Yung, President
Substitute: Lee, Jong Bum, 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: Cho Ki-ho, 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: Liu Baochun, 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
� Song Xibin, 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
� Park, Won-soon, 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: Yeh Ching Yuan, Executive Secretary of International Affairs Advisory Council
New Taipei City Government
� Eric Liluan Chu, Mayor
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
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
� Haryadi Suyuti, Mayor
Substitute: Imam Priyono, 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
� Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, Chief Executive Officer

ARMENIA, REPUBLIC OF
� Taron Margaryan, Mayor of Erevan
Substitute: Lomali Murtazov, Deputy Mayor
GEORGIA
� Zakaria Darchiashvili, Mayor of Rustavi
KAZAKHSTAN, REPUBLIC OF
� Meyramkhat Aynabekov, Mayor of Semey
Substitute: Sergey Panteleev, Deputy Mayor
EURO-ASIA
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
� Mikhail Stolyarov, 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-on-Don
� Sergey Dzantiev, Mayor of Vladikavkaz
Substitute: Alimzhan Baygazakov, Deputy Mayor
� Leonid Cherkesov, 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
� Alexander Murashov, Head of Mytischi District of Moscowskaya Oblast, Deputy of Moscow
Oblast Duma
� 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
� Georgy Kolyagin, Mayor of Stavropol
Substitute: Dmitry Sudavtsov, Vice Mayor

� Edkham Akbulatov, Acting Mayor of Krasnoyarsk
Substitute: Viktor Shevchenko, 1 st Deputy Mayor
� Marina Bespalova, Mayor of Ulyanovsk
Substitute: Valery Shaposhnikov, Deputy of City Duma
� Vasil Shaykhraziev, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chekny
Substitute: Sergey Yudakov, Deputy of Regional Duma
� Igor Sapko, Mayor of Perm
Substitute: Rassik Sagitov, Deputy Mayor
� Vladimir Semchev, 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
� Mihkel Juhkami, Town Council Chair of Rakvere, Vice President 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, 1 st 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, 1 st 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
� Ana Botella Serrano, Mayor of Madrid
Substitute: Luís Partida Brunete, Mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada
SWITZERLAND
� Sandrine Salerno, Deputy 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 Palpalá, 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 Zahlé
Substitute: Assad Barrak, Deputy Mayor of Zahlé
� Mohamed Khansa, Mayor of Ghbayré
Substitute: Mohamed Dergham, Deputy Mayor of Ghbayré
� 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

CANADA
NORTH AMERICA
� Len Bracko, Councillor of St Albert, Alberta
� Lise Burcher, Councillor of Guelph, Ontario, Chair of Federation of Canadian Municipalities
(FCM) Standing Committee on International Relations (substitute in the EB)
� Claude Dauphin, President of Montréal City Council, Quebec (substitute in the EB)
� Marvin Hunt, Councillor of Surrey, British Columbia
� Derek Corrigan, Mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia
� Hans Cunningham, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Colombia
� Lois Jackson, Mayor of Delta, British Columbia
� Representative, City of Toronto, Ontario (to be determined)
� Karen Leibovici, Councillor of Edmonton, Alberta (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, President of Federation of Canadian
Municipalities (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
� Ted Ellis, Mayor of Bluffton, Indiana, President of National League of Cities (NLC)
� James “Jim” Hunt, Councilmember of Clarksburg, West Virginia
� Leonard Eliason, Commissioner of Athens County, Ohio, 1 st 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: Roberto Romero, Vice President of Conseil Régional d’Île-de-France
AFRICA
IVORY COAST
� Robert Beugre Mambe, 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
� Matthew Guy, Minister for Planning of State of Victoria (Melbourne), Executive Vice President of
Metropolis
SOUTH KOREA
� Park, Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, Regional Vice President of Metropolis
CHINA
� Wan Qingliang, Mayor of Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, Member of Metropolis
Board of Directors
RUSSIA
� Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow
EURO-ASIA
EUROPE
SWEDEN
� Sten Nordin, Mayor of Stockholm
Substitute: Ewa Samuelsson, Vice Mayor of Stockholm
GERMANY
� Michael Müller, Senator of Urban Development in Berlin, Regional Vice President of Metropolis
SPAIN
� Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona, President of Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Área
Metropolitana de Barcelona, First Executive Vice President of Metropolis
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
� Marta Hernández Romero, President of Asamblea Provincial del Poder Popular de La Habana
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
� Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Metropolis
� Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, Member of Metropolis Board of Directors
MEXICO
� Eruviel Ávila Villegas, Governor of State of Mexico, Regional Vice President of Metropolis