UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau (Members)
The following representatives from Middle East & West Asia (MEWA) have been elected with a consensus to the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau during the UCLG-MEWA General Assembly meeting held on 30 September 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey:
UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau
[In alphabetical order according to the name of the country and local government]
AFGHANISTAN
1) Mr. Mohammad Yunus Noandesh, Mayor of Kabul
BAHRAIN
2) Mr. Humood bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Governor of Capital Manama
IRAN
3) Mr. Sayed Mohammad, Mayor of Meshed
4) Mr. Alireza Novin, Mayor of Tabriz
5) Mr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran
KUWAIT
6) Mr. Abdel Rahman Al-Humaidan, Mayor of Kuwait City
PALESTINE
7) Mr. Maged Abu Ramadan, Mayor of Gaza, President of Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA)
8) Mr. Hani Al Hayek, Mayor of Beit Sahour, Secretary General of APLA
SAUDI ARABIA
9) Mr. Abdul Aziz ibn 'Ayyaf Al Migrin, Mayor of Riyadh
SYRIA
10) Mr. Beshr Al-Sabban, Mayor/Governor of Damascus
11) Mr. Maan Chibli, Mayor of Aleppo
TURKEY
12) Mr. Kadir Topbaş, President of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey
13) Mr. Recep Altepe, Mayor of Metropolitan Bursa
14) Mr. Ülgür Gökhan, Mayor of Çanakkale
15) Mr. Bülent Tanık, Mayor of Çankaya
16) Mr. Osman Baydemir, Mayor of Metropolitan Diyarbakır
17) Mr. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Metropolitan Istanbul
18) Mr. Aziz Kocaoğlu, Mayor of Metropolitan Izmir
19) Mr. Ibrahim Karaosmanoğlu, Mayor of Metropolitan Kocaeli
20) Mr. Hasan Ünver, Mayor of Nevşehir
21) Mr. Zeki Toçoğlu, Mayor of Metropolitan Sakarya
22) Mr. Burhanettin Kocamaz, Mayor of Tarsus
23) Ms. Edibe Şahin, Mayor of Tunceli
24) Mr. Murat Aydın, Mayor of Zeytinburnu
UNITED Arab Emirates
25) Mr. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Mayor of Dubai
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JORDAN*
26) (to be subsequently designated by the UCLG Office for Lebanon & Jordan)
LEBANON
27) Mr. Bilal Hamad, Mayor of Beirut
REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS**
28) Mr. Omar Abdullah Kadi, Secretary General, Organization of Islamic Capitals & Cities (OICC), Saudi Arabia
29) Mr. Abdul Aziz Al Adsani, Secretary General, Arab Towns Organization (ATO), Kuwait
* Since membership fees for Jordan and Lebanon are paid directly to UCLG World Organization via the UCLG Office for Lebanon and Jordan (functioning as a Sub-region), members from Jordan are invited as non-voting observers in the UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau.
**According to the Article 42 Clause f of the UCLG-MEWA Constitution, as non-voting members…
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