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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Post-electoral dialogue with Bosnia and Herzegovina: Congress’ high-level mission to Sarajevo and Mostar
A high-level delegation from the Congress will carry out a mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on 25 and 26 May which takes place in the framework of the post-electoral dialogue, further to the local elections held in the country last October, and the implementation of Congress’ mechanisms to assess the situation of local and regional democracy in member States. The delegation includes Congress’ Vice-President Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP-CCE), the Chair of the Monitoring Committee Leen Verbeek (Netherlands, SOC) and the Rapporteur on the 2 October 2016 local elections in BiH, Stewart Dickson (United Kingdom, ILDG). On 25 May, meetings are scheduled in Sarajevo with Mr Marinko Čavara, President of Federation of BiH, representatives of the Government of Republika Srpska, and Mr Bruce Berton, Principal Deputy of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The delegation will also follow-up on Congress’ Recommendation 399 (2017)2, adopted at the 32nd Plenary Session in Strasbourg, with Ms Irena Hadziabdic, President of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina and with Mr Šefik Džaferović, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly.
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Elections Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 and 26 May 2017
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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.