President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

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President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
File:Logo of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.png
Incumbent
Belgium Marc Cools
since October 24, 2023
Term lengthTwo and a half years
Constituting instrumentStatutory Resolution and Charter of the Congress
Formation12 January 1957
First holderJacques Chaban-Delmas
Final holderLeendert Verbeek
Websitecoe.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)
Nationality President Presidency
File:Flag of France.svg France Jacques Chaban-Delmas January 12, 1957 - January 24, 1960
File:Flag of France.svg France Georges Dardel 1960 - 1962
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Henri Cravatte 1962 - 1966
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Francis Hill 1966 - 1968
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Alois Lugger 1968 - 1970
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Kjell T. Evers 1970 - 1972
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Giancarlo Piombino 1972 - 1974
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Reint Laan 1974 - 1976
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Henri Cravatte 1976 - 1978
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Gordon Pirie 1978 - 1980
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Bernard Dupont 1980 - 1982
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Eric Kiesl 1982 - 1984
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark John Winther 1984 - 1985
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Antoni Srana 1985 - 1987
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom John Morgan 1987 - 1991
File:Flag of France.svg France Lucien Sergent 1991 - 1992
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Bengt Mollstedt 1992 - 1994
Presidents of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities since 1994
Nationality President Presidency
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Alexander Tchernoff May 31, 1994 - July 2, 1996
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Claude Haegi July 2, 1996 - May 25, 1998
File:Flag of France.svg France Alain Chénard May 26, 1998 - May 23, 2000
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Llibert Cuatrecasas May 23, 2000 - July 2, 2002
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Herwig van Staa June 2, 2002 - May 25, 2004
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Giovanni di Stasi May 25, 2004 - May 30, 2006
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Halvdan Skard May 30, 2006 - May 27, 2008
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Yavuz Mildon May 27, 2008 - October 26, 2010
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Keith Whitmore October 26, 2010 - October 16, 2012
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Herwig van Staa October 16, 2012 - October 14, 2014
File:Flag of France.svg France Jean-Claude Frécon October 14, 2014 - October 16,2016
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Gudrun Mosler-Törnström October 16, 2016 - November 6, 2018
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Anders Knape November 6, 2018 - March 23, 2021
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Leendert Verbeek March 23, 2021 - October 24, 2023
Belgium 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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