World Mayor: Longlist 2023

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Some 55 mayors
from 30 countries

The 2023 World Mayor Project was launched in January 2023. The Friendship Prize and Awards will be bestowed on mayors and cities that have made outstanding contributions to friendship, partnership and cooperation between towns and cities at home and across borders. The 2023 Project is open to communities of all sizes - towns and cities as well as villages. IN GREATER DETAIL

The first edition of the 2023 World Mayor longlist includes mayors who, together with their communities, understand that towns and cities working together can be forces for progress, prosperity and peace.

The longlist lists 55 mayors from 30 countries. Further editions of the open longlist will feature additional names and be published in the coming weeks. Nominations are welcomed until May. Please use the election form to nominate mayors as well as to vote for and comment on any of the mayors and cities below. You may also email us with any questions and/or suggestions.

NORTH AMERICA
Canada


Valérie Plante Mayor since 2017 Montreal Canada Vote & Comment

USA


Cathy Sheehan Mayor since 2014 Albany, NY USA Vote & Comment	Randall Woodfin Mayor since 2017 Birmingham, AL USA Vote & Comment	Satya Rhodes-Conway Mayor since 2019 Madison, WI USA Vote & Comment	Erin Mendenhall Mayor since 2020 Salt Lake City, UT USA Vote & Comment

LATIN AMERICA
Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile


Mario Redondo Poveda Mayor since 2020 Cartago Costa Rica Vote & Comment	Daniel Quintero Calle Mayor since 2019 Medellín Colombia Vote & Comment	Claudio Castro Mayor since 2016 Renca Chile Vote & Comment

EUROPE
France


Vincent Chauvet Mayor since 2017 Autun France Vote & Comment	Grégory Doucet Mayor since 2020 Lyon France Vote & Comment	Arnaud Robinet Mayor since 2014 Reims France Vote & Comment	François Asens Mayor since 1991 Tremblay-en-France France Vote & Comment

Italy


Matteo Lepore Mayor since 2021 Bologna Italy Vote & Comment	Dario Nardell Mayor since 2014 Florence Italy Vote & Comment	Francesco Iarrera Mayor since 2019 Oliveri, Sicily Italy Vote & Comment	Katia Tarasconi Mayor since 2022 Piacenza Italy Vote & Comment

Germany


Bernd Vöhringer Mayor since 2001 Sindelfingen Germany Vote & Comment	Burkhard Jung Mayor since 2006 Leipzig Germany Vote & Comment	Peter Kurz Mayor since 2007 Mannheim Germany Vote & Comment	Stefan Fassbinder Mayor since 2015 Greifswald Germany Vote & Comment

Martin Horn Mayor since 2018 Freiburg Germany Vote & Comment	Belit Onay Mayor since 2019 Hannover Germany Vote & Comment	Katja Dörner Mayor since 2020 Bonn Germany Vote & Comment

United Kingdom


Andy Burnham Mayor since 2017 Greater Manchester UK Vote & Comment		Marvin Rees Mayor since 2016 Bristol UK Vote & Comment

Portugal, Spain


Ricardo Rio Mayor since 2013 Braga Portugal Vote & Comment	Rui Moreira Mayor since 2013 Porto Portugal Vote & Comment	Inés Rey Garcia Mayor since 2019 A Coruna Spain Vote & Comment	Natalia de Andrés Mayor since 2019 Alcorcón Spain Vote & Comment

Belgium, Netherlands, Austria


Willy Demeyer Mayor since 2011 Liège Belgium Vote & Comment	Sharon Dijksma Mayor since 2020 Utrecht Netherlands Vote & Comment	Klaus Luger Mayor since 2013 Linz Austria Vote & Comment	Elke Kahr Mayor since 2021 Graz Austria Vote & Comment

Finland, Poland, Latvia


Juhana Vartiainen Mayor since 2021 Helsinki Finland Vote & Comment	Wojciech Bakun Mayor since 2018 Przernysl Poland Vote & Comment	Martin Stakis Mayor since 2020 Riga Latvia Vote & Comment

Greece, Bulgaria


Andreas Pachatouridis Mayor since 2002 Peristeri, Attiki Greece Vote & Comment	Kostas Bakoyannis Mayor since 2019 Athens Greece Vote & Comment	Konstantinos Zervas Mayor since 2019 Thessaloniki Greece Vote & Comment	Yordanka Fandakova Mayor since 2011 Sofia Bulgaria Vote & Comment

Bosnia & Herzogovina, Moldova, Ukraine


Benjamina Karic Mayor since 2021 Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzogovina Vote & Comment	Ion Ceban Mayor since 2019 Chisinau Moldova Vote & Comment	Vitali Klitschko Mayor since 2014 Kyiv Ukraine Vote & Comment

ASIA
Japan


Tomihisa Taue Mayor since 2007 Nagasaki Japan Vote & Comment	Satoshi Endo Mayor since 2013 Hirono Japan Vote & Comment	Takeharu Yarmanaka Mayor since 2021 Yokohama Japan Vote & Comment

Turkey, Israel


Ekrem Imamoglu Mayor since 2019 Istanbul Turkey Vote & Comment	Tunç Soyer Mayor since 2019 Izmir Turkey Vote & Comment	Yehiel Lasr Mayor since 2008 Ashdod Israel Vote & Comment	Einat Kalisch-Rotem Mayor since 2018 Haifa Israel Vote & Comment

Indonesia, Sri Lanka


Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto Mayor since 2021 Makassar Indonesia Vote & Comment		Rose Senanayake Mayor since 2018 Colombo Sri Lanka Vote & Comment

AFRICA
Tunisia, Morocco, Mozambique


Souad Ben Abderrahim Mayor since 2018 Tunis Tunesia Vote & Comment	Fatima Zahra-Mansouri Mayor since 2021 Marrakesh Morocco Vote & Comment	Manuel De Araújo Mayor since 2011 Quelimane Mozambique Vote & Comment

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The City Mayors Foundation London SW1 Email Tel: +44 20 8439 7978		ABOUT WORLD MAYOR The World Mayor Project was conceived in 2004 to raise the profile of mayors worldwide and honour those who contributed exceptionally to urban affairs. The Honours are awarded to mayors who have worked for the benefit of all citizens, irrespective of race, gender, religion, politics or legal status. The World Mayor Prize also recognises its recipients’ constructive engagement in social affairs, the environment, cross-border cooperation and peace efforts. Winners of the World Mayor Prize since 2004: Edi Rama, Tirana (2004); Dora Bakoyannis, Athens (2005); John So, Melbourne (2006); Helen Zille, Cape Town (2008); Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City (2010); Iñaki Azkuna, Bilbao (2012); Naheed Nenshi, Calgary (2014); Bart Somers, Mechelen (2016); Valeria Mancinelli, Ancona (2018); Ahmed Aboutaleb, Rotterdam (2021); Philippe Rio, Grigny (2021).