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WORLD MAYOR LONGLIST 2023
1st edition

World Mayor 2023Some 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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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).