President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

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President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
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Incumbent
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Cools
since October 24, 2023
Term length Two and a half years
Constituting instrument Statutory Resolution and Charter of the Congress
Formation12 January 1957
First holder Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Final holder Leendert Verbeek
Website coe.int/en/web/congress/presidency

The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is elected by the Congress, from among the delegates who are representatives in their delegations, on an alternating basis from each chamber (The Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions). The President of the Congress has a mandate of two and a half years. [1]

The current President is Marc Cools, elected on October 24, 2023. [2]

List of presidents of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

Presidents of the Conference of Local Authorities of Europe (1957-1983) and of the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (1983-1994)
NationalityPresidentPresidency
Flag of France.svg  France Jacques Chaban-Delmas January 12, 1957 - January 24, 1960
Flag of France.svg  France Georges Dardel 1960 - 1962
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Henri Cravatte 1962 - 1966
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Francis Hill 1966 - 1968
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Alois Lugger 1968 - 1970
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kjell T. Evers 1970 - 1972
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giancarlo Piombino 1972 - 1974
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Reint Laan 1974 - 1976
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Henri Cravatte 1976 - 1978
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Gordon Pirie1978 - 1980
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Bernard Dupont1980 - 1982
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eric Kiesl1982 - 1984
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark John Winther1984 - 1985
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Antoni Srana 1985 - 1987
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom John Morgan1987 - 1991
Flag of France.svg  France Lucien Sergent 1991 - 1992
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Bengt Mollstedt 1992 - 1994
Presidents of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities since 1994
NationalityPresidentPresidency
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Alexander Tchernoff May 31, 1994 - July 2, 1996
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Claude Haegi July 2, 1996 - May 25, 1998
Flag of France.svg  France Alain Chénard May 26, 1998 - May 23, 2000
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Llibert Cuatrecasas May 23, 2000 - July 2, 2002
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Herwig van Staa June 2, 2002 - May 25, 2004
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giovanni di Stasi May 25, 2004 - May 30, 2006
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Halvdan Skard May 30, 2006 - May 27, 2008
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Yavuz Mildon May 27, 2008 - October 26, 2010
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Keith Whitmore October 26, 2010 - October 16, 2012
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Herwig van Staa October 16, 2012 - October 14, 2014
Flag of France.svg  France Jean-Claude Frécon October 14, 2014 - October 16,2016
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Gudrun Mosler-Törnström October 16, 2016 - November 6, 2018
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anders Knape November 6, 2018 - March 23, 2021
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Leendert Verbeek March 23, 2021 - October 24, 2023
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Marc Cools Since October 24, 2023

Citations

  1. ↑ "Statutory Resolution and Charter of the Congress".
  2. ↑ "Leendert Verbeek elected as the President of the Congress". Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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