World Mayor: Longlist 2023

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Some 92 mayors
from 40 countries

The final edition of the World Mayor longlist includes 92 mayors from 40 countries who have been nominated for the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Friendship Awards by members of their own communities as well as by supporters from elsewhere. The City Mayors Foundation, the organisers of the World Mayor Project, is now inviting the public to support those shortlisted mayors who they believe deserve to win the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards. The shortlist was published on 19 July 2023.

The final 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 shortlist for the 2023 World Mayor Prize was published on 19 July 2023.

The nine finalists for the 2023 World Mayor Prize were announced on Thursday, 2 November 2023.

NORTH AMERICA
Canada


Valérie Plante Mayor since 2017 Montreal Canada Vote & Comment	Stéphane Boyer Mayor since 2021 Laval Canada Vote & Comment	Tony Keats Mayor since 1996 Dover (NL) 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

Brandon Scott Mayor since 2020 Baltimore, MD USA Vote & Comment	Quinton Lucas Mayor since 2019 Kansas City, MO USA Vote & Comment

LATIN AMERICA
Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina


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	Rafael Greca Mayor since 2017 Curitiba Brazil Vote & Comment

Pablo Javkin Mayor since 2019 Rosario Argentina Vote & Comment	Luis Donaldo Colosio Rioja Mayor since 2021 Monterrey Mexico 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

Christian Estrosi Mayor since 2017 Nice France Vote & Comment	Patrick Ollier Mayor since 2004 Rueil France Vote & Comment	Johanna Roland Mayor since 2014 Nantes France Vote & Comment	Olivier Bianchi Mayor since 2014 Clermont-Ferrand France Vote & Comment

François Rebsamen Mayor since 2015 Dijon France Vote & Comment	Anne Vignot Mayor since 2020 Besançon France Vote & Comment	Pierre Hurmic Mayor since 2020 Bordeaux France Vote & Comment	Michèle Lutz Mayor since 2017 Mulhouse France Vote & Comment

Jeanne Barseghian Mayor since 2020 Strasbourg 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

Gaetano Manfredi Mayor since 2021 Naples Italy Vote & Comment	Giuseppe Nobile Mayor since 2018 Castel di Lucio, Sicily 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	Sibylle Keupen Mayor since 2020 Aachen Germany Vote & Comment

Stephan Keller Mayor since 2020 Düsseldorf Germany Vote & Comment

United Kingdom


Andy Burnham Mayor since 2017 Greater Manchester UK Vote & Comment	Marvin Rees Mayor since 2016 Bristol UK Vote & Comment	Susan Aitken Council Leader since 2017 Glasgow 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

Mamen Sánchez Días Mayor since 2015 Jerez de la Frontera Spain Vote & Comment

Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland


Willy Demeyer Mayor since 2011 Liège Belgium Vote & Comment	Maxime Prévot Mayor since 2012 Namur Belgium Vote & Comment	Sharon Dijksma Mayor since 2020 Utrecht Netherlands Vote & Comment	Urs Marti Mayor since 2013 Chur Switzerland Vote & Comment

Beat Züsli Mayor since 2016 Lucerne Switzerland Vote & Comment	Grégoire Junod Mayor since 2016 Lausanne Switzerland Vote & Comment	Klaus Luger Mayor since 2013 Linz Austria Vote & Comment	Elke Kahr Mayor since 2021 Graz Austria Vote & Comment

Finland, Poland, Latvia, Sweden


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	Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh Mayor since 2013 Malmö Sweden Vote & Comment

Johan Persson Mayor since 2018 Kalmars Sweden Vote & Comment

Greece, Bulgaria, North Cyprus


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

Mehmet Harmanci Mayor since 2014 Nicosia, North North Cyprus Vote & Comment

Bosnia & Herzogovina, Moldova, Ukraine, Slovenia


Benjamina Karic Mayor since 2021 Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzogovina Vote & Comment	Ion Ceban Mayor since 2019 Chisinau Moldova Vote & Comment	Vitaliy Klitschko Mayor since 2014 Kyiv Ukraine Vote & Comment	Matija Kovac Mayor since 2022 Celje Slovenia Vote & Comment

ASIA, AUSTRALASIA
Japan, New Zealand


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	Tory Whanau Mayor since 2022 Wellington New Zealand Vote & Comment

Turkey, Israel


Ekrem Imamoglu Mayor since 2019 Istanbul Turkey Vote & Comment	Tunç Soyer Mayor since 2019 Izmir Turkey Vote & Comment	Ruvic Danilovich Mayor since 2008 Be'er Sheva Israel Vote & Comment	Einat Kalisch-Rotem Mayor since 2018 Haifa Israel Vote & Comment

Yehiel Lasr Mayor since 2008 Ashdod Israel Vote & Comment

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, India


Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto Mayor since 2021 Makassar Indonesia Vote & Comment	Rose Senanayake Mayor since 2018 Colombo Sri Lanka Vote & Comment	Lucilo Byron Mayor since 2013 Puerto Princesa Philippines Vote & Comment	Benjamin Magalong Mayor since 2019 Baguio Philippines Vote & Comment

Gadwal Vijayalakshmi Mayor since 2021 Hyderabad India Vote & Comment	Firhad Hakim Mayor since 2021 Kolkata India 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	Asmaa Rhlalou Mayor since 2021 Rabat 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).