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The winners of the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards Elke Kahr, Mayor of Graz, Austria, awarded the 2023 World Mayor Prize Tony Keats, Mayor of Dover, NL, Canada, given the 2023 World Mayor Community Award Stefan Fassbinder, Mayor of Greifswald, Germany, given the 2023 World Mayor Friendship Award Manuel De Araújo, Mayor of Quelimane, Mozambique, given the 2023 World Mayor Jury Award WORLD MAYOR LONGLIST 2023 Final edition Some 92 mayors from 40 countries The final edition of the World Mayor longlist includes 92 mayors from 40 countries who have been nominated for the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Friendship Awards by members of their own communities as well as by supporters from elsewhere. The City Mayors Foundation, the organisers of the World Mayor Project, is now inviting the public to support those shortlisted mayors who they believe deserve to win the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards. The shortlist was published on 19 July 2023. The final edition of the 2023 World Mayor longlist includes mayors who, together with their communities, understand that towns and cities working together can be forces for progress, prosperity and peace. The shortlist for the 2023 World Mayor Prize was published on 19 July 2023. The winners of the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards were announced on 30 January 2024 NORTH AMERICA Canada Valérie Plante Mayor since 2017 Montreal Canada Vote & Comment Stéphane Boyer Mayor since 2021 Laval Canada Vote & Comment Tony Keats Mayor since 1996 Dover (NL) Canada Vote & Comment USA Cathy Sheehan Mayor since 2014 Albany, NY USA Vote & Comment Randall Woodfin Mayor since 2017 Birmingham, AL USA Vote & Comment Satya Rhodes-Conway Mayor since 2019 Madison, WI USA Vote & Comment Erin Mendenhall Mayor since 2020 Salt Lake City, UT USA Vote & Comment Brandon Scott Mayor since 2020 Baltimore, MD USA Vote & Comment Quinton Lucas Mayor since 2019 Kansas City, MO USA Vote & Comment LATIN AMERICA Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina Mario Redondo Poveda Mayor since 2020 Cartago Costa Rica Vote & Comment Daniel Quintero Calle Mayor since 2019 Medellín Colombia Vote & Comment Claudio Castro Mayor since 2016 Renca Chile Vote & Comment Rafael Greca Mayor since 2017 Curitiba Brazil Vote & Comment Pablo Javkin Mayor since 2019 Rosario Argentina Vote & Comment Luis Donaldo Colosio Rioja Mayor since 2021 Monterrey Mexico Vote & Comment EUROPE France Vincent Chauvet Mayor since 2017 Autun France Vote & Comment Grégory Doucet Mayor since 2020 Lyon France Vote & Comment Arnaud Robinet Mayor since 2014 Reims France Vote & Comment François Asens Mayor since 1991 Tremblay-en-France France Vote & Comment Christian Estrosi Mayor since 2017 Nice France Vote & Comment Patrick Ollier Mayor since 2004 Rueil France Vote & Comment Johanna Roland Mayor since 2014 Nantes France Vote & Comment Olivier Bianchi Mayor since 2014 Clermont-Ferrand France Vote & Comment François Rebsamen Mayor since 2015 Dijon France Vote & Comment Anne Vignot Mayor since 2020 Besançon France Vote & Comment Pierre Hurmic Mayor since 2020 Bordeaux France Vote & Comment Michèle Lutz Mayor since 2017 Mulhouse France Vote & Comment Jeanne Barseghian Mayor since 2020 Strasbourg France Vote & Comment Italy Matteo Lepore Mayor since 2021 Bologna Italy Vote & Comment Dario Nardell Mayor since 2014 Florence Italy Vote & Comment Francesco Iarrera Mayor since 2019 Oliveri, Sicily Italy Vote & Comment Katia Tarasconi Mayor since 2022 Piacenza Italy Vote & Comment Gaetano Manfredi Mayor since 2021 Naples Italy Vote & Comment Giuseppe Nobile Mayor since 2018 Castel di Lucio, Sicily Italy Vote & Comment Germany Bernd Vöhringer Mayor since 2001 Sindelfingen Germany Vote & Comment Burkhard Jung Mayor since 2006 Leipzig Germany Vote & Comment Peter Kurz Mayor since 2007 Mannheim Germany Vote & Comment Stefan Fassbinder Mayor since 2015 Greifswald Germany Vote & Comment Martin Horn Mayor since 2018 Freiburg Germany Vote & Comment Belit Onay Mayor since 2019 Hannover Germany Vote & Comment Katja Dörner Mayor since 2020 Bonn Germany Vote & Comment Sibylle Keupen Mayor since 2020 Aachen Germany Vote & Comment Stephan Keller Mayor since 2020 Düsseldorf Germany Vote & Comment United Kingdom Andy Burnham Mayor since 2017 Greater Manchester UK Vote & Comment Marvin Rees Mayor since 2016 Bristol UK Vote & Comment Susan Aitken Council Leader since 2017 Glasgow UK Vote & Comment Portugal, Spain Ricardo Rio Mayor since 2013 Braga Portugal Vote & Comment Rui Moreira Mayor since 2013 Porto Portugal Vote & Comment Inés Rey Garcia Mayor since 2019 A Coruna Spain Vote & Comment Natalia de Andrés Mayor since 2019 Alcorcón Spain Vote & Comment Mamen Sánchez Días Mayor since 2015 Jerez de la Frontera Spain Vote & Comment Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland Willy Demeyer Mayor since 2011 Liège Belgium Vote & Comment Maxime Prévot Mayor since 2012 Namur Belgium Vote & Comment Sharon Dijksma Mayor since 2020 Utrecht Netherlands Vote & Comment Urs Marti Mayor since 2013 Chur Switzerland Vote & Comment Beat Züsli Mayor since 2016 Lucerne Switzerland Vote & Comment Grégoire Junod Mayor since 2016 Lausanne Switzerland Vote & Comment Klaus Luger Mayor since 2013 Linz Austria Vote & Comment Elke Kahr Mayor since 2021 Graz Austria Vote & Comment Finland, Poland, Latvia, Sweden Juhana Vartiainen Mayor since 2021 Helsinki Finland Vote & Comment Wojciech Bakun Mayor since 2018 Przernysl Poland Vote & Comment Martin Stakis Mayor since 2020 Riga Latvia Vote & Comment Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh Mayor since 2013 Malmö Sweden Vote & Comment Johan Persson Mayor since 2018 Kalmars Sweden Vote & Comment Greece, Bulgaria, North Cyprus Andreas Pachatouridis Mayor since 2002 Peristeri, Attiki Greece Vote & Comment Kostas Bakoyannis Mayor since 2019 Athens Greece Vote & Comment Konstantinos Zervas Mayor since 2019 Thessaloniki Greece Vote & Comment Yordanka Fandakova Mayor since 2011 Sofia Bulgaria Vote & Comment Mehmet Harmanci Mayor since 2014 Nicosia, North North Cyprus Vote & Comment Bosnia & Herzogovina, Moldova, Ukraine, Slovenia Benjamina Karic Mayor since 2021 Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzogovina Vote & Comment Ion Ceban Mayor since 2019 Chisinau Moldova Vote & Comment Vitaliy Klitschko Mayor since 2014 Kyiv Ukraine Vote & Comment Matija Kovac Mayor since 2022 Celje Slovenia Vote & Comment ASIA, AUSTRALASIA Japan, New Zealand Tomihisa Taue Mayor since 2007 Nagasaki Japan Vote & Comment Satoshi Endo Mayor since 2013 Hirono Japan Vote & Comment Takeharu Yarmanaka Mayor since 2021 Yokohama Japan Vote & Comment Tory Whanau Mayor since 2022 Wellington New Zealand Vote & Comment Turkey, Israel Ekrem Imamoglu Mayor since 2019 Istanbul Turkey Vote & Comment Tunç Soyer Mayor since 2019 Izmir Turkey Vote & Comment Ruvic Danilovich Mayor since 2008 Be'er Sheva Israel Vote & Comment Einat Kalisch-Rotem Mayor since 2018 Haifa Israel Vote & Comment Yehiel Lasr Mayor since 2008 Ashdod Israel Vote & Comment Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, India Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto Mayor since 2021 Makassar Indonesia Vote & Comment Rose Senanayake Mayor since 2018 Colombo Sri Lanka Vote & Comment Lucilo Byron Mayor since 2013 Puerto Princesa Philippines Vote & Comment Benjamin Magalong Mayor since 2019 Baguio Philippines Vote & Comment Gadwal Vijayalakshmi Mayor since 2021 Hyderabad India Vote & Comment Firhad Hakim Mayor since 2021 Kolkata India Vote & Comment AFRICA Tunisia, Morocco, Mozambique Souad Ben Abderrahim Mayor since 2018 Tunis Tunesia Vote & Comment Fatima Zahra-Mansouri Mayor since 2021 Marrakesh Morocco Vote & Comment Asmaa Rhlalou Mayor since 2021 Rabat Morocco Vote & Comment Manuel De Araújo Mayor since 2011 Quelimane Mozambique Vote & Comment We invite individuals and organisations to take part in World Mayor 2023. © Copyright: All content of the City Mayors and World Mayor websites are protected by worldwide copyright. 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The City Mayors Foundation London SW1 Email Tel: +44 20 8439 7978 ABOUT WORLD MAYOR The World Mayor Project was conceived in 2004 by the City Mayors Foundation to raise the profile of mayors worldwide and honour those who have contributed exceptionally to local and urban affairs. Mayors must carry out their duties selflessly and beyond reproach. The Project has no association with any city or organisation and is run on philanthropic lines. Any kind of revenue is NOT sought and will be rejected if offered. DETAILS Winners of the World Mayor Prize since 2004: Edi Rama, Tirana (2004); Dora Bakoyannis, Athens (2005); John So, Melbourne (2006); Helen Zille, Cape Town (2008); Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City (2010); Iñaki Azkuna, Bilbao (2012); Naheed Nenshi, Calgary (2014); Bart Somers, Mechelen (2016); Valeria Mancinelli, Ancona (2018); Ahmed Aboutaleb, Rotterdam (2021); Philippe Rio, Grigny (2021); Elke Kahr, Graz (2023) DETAILS