World Mayor 2014:
Final longlist

The 2014 World Mayor Project was launched on 7 January 2014. The final longlist of 121 candidates includes 19 mayors from North America, 16 from Latin America, 44 from Europe, 26 from Asia, 7 from Australasia and 9 from Africa. The shortlist included 26 finalists. The final results were announced on 3 February 2015.


World Mayor longlist of
candidates for the 2014 Prize
North America
Mayor Shari Decter Hirst, Brandon, Canada
Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Calgary, Canada
Mayor Normand Grenier, Charlemagne, Québec, Canada
Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche, Lac-Mégantic, Canada
Mayor Jim Watson, Ottawa, Canada
Mayor Rob Ford, Toronto, Canada
Mayor William Miranda Torres, Caguas, Puerto Rico, USA
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, USA
Mayor Michael Coleman, Columbus, USA
Mayor Michael Duggan, Detroit, USA
Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken, USA
Mayor Annise Parker, Houston, USA
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans, USA
Mayor Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City, USA
Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacramento, USA
Mayor Ralph Becker, Salt Lake City, USA
Mayor Julian Castro, San Antonio, USA
Mayor Marilyn Strickland, Tacoma, USA
Mayor Jeri Muoio, West Palm Beach, USA

Latin America
Mayor Ramón Javier Mestre, Cordoba, Argentinia
Mayor Darrell Bradley, Belize City, Belize
Mayor Marcio Lacerda, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Mayor Gustavo Fruet, Curitiba, Brazil
Mayor ACM Neto, Salvador, Brazil
Mayor Carolina Tohá, Santiago, Chile
Mayor Gustavo Petro, Bogota, Colombia
Mayor Carlos Eduardo Correa, Monteria, Colombia
Mayor Augusto Barrera, Quito, Ecuador
Mayor Marco Tulio Meda Mendoza, Fraijanes, Guatemala
Mayor Álvaro Arzú, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Mayor José Antonio Coro García, Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala
Mayor Miguel Mancera, Mexico City, Mexico
Mayor Susana Villarán, Lima, Peru
Mayor Antonio Ledezma, Caracas, Venezuela
Mayor Carlos Ocariz, Sucre, Venezuela

Europe
Mayor Siegfried Nagl, Graz, Austria
Mayor Heinz Schaden, Salzburg, Austria
Mayor Daniel Termont, Ghent, Belgium
Mayor Willy Demeyer, Liege, Belgium
Mayor Andro Vlahusic, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Mayor Roman Onderka, Brno, Czech Republic
Mayor Martin Baxa, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Mayor Jukka Mäkelä, Espoo, Finland
Mayor Alain Juppé, Bordeaux, France
Mayor Gérard Collomb, Lyon, France
Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin, Marseille, France
Mayor Roland Ries, Strasbourg, France
Mayor Ottilie Scholz, Bochum, Germany
Mayor Ulrich Sierau, Dortmund, Germany
Mayor Peter Feldmann, Frankfurt, Germany
Mayor Albrecht Schröter, Jena, Germany
Mayor Jürgen Roters, Köln, Germany
Mayor Markus Lewe, Münster, Germany
Mayor Ulrich Maly, Nürnberg, Germany
Mayor Richard Arnold, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Mayor Ivo Gönner, Ulm, Germany
Mayor Emmanouil Skoulakis, Chania, Greece
Mayor Andreas Pachatouridis, Peristeri, Greece
Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, Thessaloniki, Greece
Mayor Kósa Lajos, Debrecen, Hungary
Mayor Jón Gnarr, Reykjavík, Iceland
Mayor Giusi Nicolini, Lampedusa, Italy
Mayor Vincenzo de Luca, Salerno, Italy
Mayor Giorgio Orsoni, Venice, Italy
Mayor Nils Uakovs, Riga, Latvia
Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mayor Rita Ottervik, Trondheim, Norway
Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk, Poland
Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Warsaw, Poland
Mayor António Costa, Lisbon, Portugal
Mayor Milan Ftácnik, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Mayor Pilar Barreiro, Cartagena, Spain
Mayor Jose Ramón García Saiz, Ribera de Arriba, Spain
Mayor Juan Alberto Belloch, Zaragoza, Spain
Mayor Sten Nordin, Stockholm, Sweden
Mayor Corine Mauch, Zurich, Switzerland
Mayor George Ferguson, Bristol, UK
Mayor Joe Anderson, Liverpool, UK
Mayor Boris Johnson, London, UK

Asia
Mayor Chen Jianhua, Guangzhou, China
Mayor Yang Xiong, Shanghai, China
Mayor Anil Sole, Nagpur, India
Mayor Ridwan Kamil, Bandung, Indonesia
Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Jakarta, Indonesia
Mayor Ilham Arief Sirajuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
Mayor Tri Rismaharini (Risma), Surabaya, Indonesia
Mayor Miriam Feirberg, Netanya, Israel
Mayor Yona Yahav, Haifa, Israel
Mayor Moti Sasson, Holon, Israel
Mayor Toshihito Kumagai, Chiba, Japan
Mayor Soichiro Takashima, Fukuoka, Japan
Mayor Dato’ Haji Mat Noh Bin Ahmad, Alor Setar City, Malaysia
Mayor Alinah Binti Ahmad, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Mayor Datuk Asmawi bin Kasbi, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, Angeles City, Philippines
Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Butuan City, Philippines
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Davao City, Philippines
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, Iloilo City, Philippines
Mayor Juliet Marie Ferrer, La Carlota City, Philippines
Mayor Benjamin Abalos, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Mayor Eric Saratan, City of Talisay, Philippines
Mayor Hani Mohammad Aburas, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mayor Park Won-soon, Seoul, South Korea
Mayor Hau Lung-pin, Taipei, Taiwan
Mayor Aziz Kocaoglu, Izmir, Turkey

Australasia
Mayor Stephen Yarwood, Adelaide, Australia
Mayor Graham Quirk, Brisbane, Australia
Mayor Darryn Lyons, Geelong, Australia
Mayor Robert Doyle, Melbourne, Australia
Mayor Clover Moore, Sydney, Australia
Mayor Julie Hardaker, Hamilton, New Zealand
Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Wellington, New Zealand

Africa
Mayor Robert Beugré Mambé, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivorie
Mayor Alfred Oko Vanderpuye, Accra, Ghana
Mayor Maty Mint Hamady, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Mayor Ayodeji Joseph, Apapa Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, Lagos, Nigeria
Mayor Jacqueline Moustache, Victoria, Seychelles
Mayor Patricia de Lille, Cape Town, South Africa
Mayor Thabo Manyoni, Mangaung, South Africa
Mayor Erias Lukwago, Kampala, Uganda

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