Congress President

Marc Cools, President of the Congress


Marc Cools (Belgium, ILDG) was elected President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on 24 October 2023 for a mandate of two years and a half. He is currently the Communal Councillor of Uccle (Belgium) and Honorary Vice-President of the Brussels Parliament  and was previously the chair of the Independent and Liberal Democrat Group in the Congress.

President's role

The President's role is to direct the political activities of the Congress and its Chambers, to carry out Congress policy and to represent the Congress vis-à-vis other international organisations, within the context of the Council of Europe's general policy on external relations.

The President of the Congress ensures that decisions taken by the Congress are implemented and reacts on behalf of the Congress to current developments. He or she also presents the activities of the Congress and the texts that it has adopted to the Parliamentary Assembly and Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.  

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Congress willing to deploy a delegation to observe the re-run elections in Istanbul on 23 June

"Further to the decision by the Turkish Supreme Electoral Council on repeat elections in Istanbul and following the statement made by Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇAVUŞOĞLU, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities would like to confirm its willingness to deploy a delegation to observe this re-run on 23 June 2019 provided the official invitation arrives in due time", said Congress President Anders KNAPE in a letter sent, on 9 May 2019, to the Permanent Representative to Turkey to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Kaan ESENER.

 

See also: Congress President calls on the Turkish authorities to guarantee the electoral process for the repeated elections in Istanbul

Presidency Strasbourg, France 10 May 2019
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Chamber of Regions

Tunc Soyer, President of the Chamber of Regions

Tunc Soyer (Türkiye, SOC/G/PD) was elected on 25 October 2023 President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress for a two-and-a-half-year term of office.

Chamber of Local Authorities

Bernd Vöhringer, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities

Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE) was elected on 25 October 2023 President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress for a two-and-a-half-year term of office.