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Mayor
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City, country
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Brief résumé
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Elizabeth Sackey
Mayor since 2021 |
Accra
Ghana |
Born 1958; Economist; Worked for Ghana Commercial Bank as chief clerk; Former member of parliament; Party: NPP. |
Adanech Abebei
Mayor since 2021 |
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia |
Previously Minister of Revenue and Customs; Attorney General; Deputy mayor from 2020 to 2021. |
Femke Halsema
Mayor since 2018 |
Amsterdam
Netherlands |
Born 1966; Degree in Social Sciences, specialising in criminology; Member of the Dutch parliament from 202 to 2010; After leaving parliament she held a number of academic posts including that of temporary professor at the University of Utrecht; Since 2015 chairwomen for the Trade Organisation for Healthcare for the Handicapped; Party: GroenLinks, Green and leftist. |
Ada Colau Ballano
Mayor since 2015 |
Barcelona*
Spain |
Born 1974; Studied Philosophy without obtaining degree; Party: Barcelona en Comú, leftist community party. |
Franziska Giffey
Mayor since 2021 |
Berlin
Germany |
Born 1978; Degree in Administrative Law; Federal minister of Family Affairs from 2018 to 2021; Party: SPD, social-democratic. |
Claudia Lopez
Mayor since 2019 |
Bogotá
Colombia |
Born 1970; Degree in Finance, Government and International Relations; Master degree in Urban Politics from Columbia University New York; Elected state senator in 2014; Party: Green Alliance. |
Carolina Cestari
Mayor since 2017 |
Caracas
Venezuela |
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Rosy Senanayake
Mayor since 2018 |
Colombo
Sri Lanka |
Born 1958; Sri Lanka High Commissioner to Malaysia from 2001 to 2004; Member of nationa parliament from 2010 to 2015; Government spokesperson from 2015 to 2018; Party: United National Party, centre-right. |
Soham El Wardini
Mayor since 2018 |
Dakar
Senegal |
Born 1953; Degree in English; College lecturer. |
Alison Gilliland
Mayor since 2021 |
Dublin
Ireland |
Born 1968; PhD in education from Nottingham University; Primary school teacher; Party: Labour. |
Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor since 2018 |
Freetown
Sierra Leone |
Born 1968; Degree in Economics from Fourah Bay University; Master's degree in International Relations from London School of Economics; Worked as Chartered Accountant in London for Arthur Andersen; Received an OBE in 2016; World Mayor finalist in 2021. Party: All People's Congress, centre-left. |
Carrie Lam
Mayor since 2017 |
Hong Kong*
China |
Born 1977; Joined British civil service in 1980; Appointed Secretary of Development in 2007; In 2017 became Hong Kong Chief Executive as Beijing's favoured candidate. |
Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho
Mayor since 2021 |
Luanda
Angola |
Formerly Secretary of State for Territorial Planning. |
Lydie Polfer
Mayor since 2013 |
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg |
Born 1952; Formerly Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg and Foreign Minister; Party: Democratic Party, centre-right, liberal. |
Reyna Rueda
Mayor since 2019 |
Managua
Nicaragua |
Born 1969; Business degree from Central American University; City councillor since 2017; Party: Sandinista Nationa Liberation Front (FSLN) socialist |
Iolanda Cintura
Mayor since 2015 |
Maputo
Mozambique |
Born 1972; Degree in chemistry from Eduardo Mondiane University; Various ministerial positions between 2020 and 2014; Party: Mozambique Liberation Front, socialist |
Claudia Sheinbaum
Mayor since 2018 |
Mexico City
Mexico |
Born 1962; PhD in energy engineering; Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City from 2000 to 2006; Shortlisted for the 2021 World Mayor Prize. |
Carolina Cosse
Mayor since 2020 |
Montevideo
Uruguay |
Born 1962; Minister of Industry from 2015 to 2019; Party: Broad Front, centre-left. |
Ann Kananu Mwenda
Mayor since 2021 |
Nairobi
Kenya |
Acting governor of Nairobi following the impeachment and removal from office of Mike Sonko, the previous governor. |
Marianne Borgen
Mayor since 2015 |
Oslo
Norway |
Born 1951; Degree from University of Oslo; City councillor from 1979 to 1983 and again from 1995 to date; Party: Labour, socialist |
Anne Hidalgo
Mayor since 2014 |
Paris
France |
Born 1959; First Deputy Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014; Party: Socialist. |
Asmaa Rhlalou
Mayor since 2021 |
Rabat
Morocco |
Doctorate from the University of Perpignan; Member of the Moroccan Parliament from 2016 to 2021; Journalist for the French-language newspaper L'Opinion since 1997; represented Morocco at the Women's political leader's summit in Reykjavik and Tokyo; Party: National Rally of Independents, centre-left, liberal |
Irací Hassler
Mayor since 2021 |
Santiago (commune)
Chile |
Born 1990; Attended the Swiss International School in Santiago; Degree in commercial engineering from the University of Chile; Party: Communist Party of Chile. |
Carolina Mejía de Garrigó
Mayor since 2020 |
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic |
Born 1969; Agronomist; in the early 2000s member of the Central Bank of Dominican Republic; General Secretary of the Modern Revolutionary Part, centre-left. |
Benjamina Kari
Mayor since 2021 |
Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Born 1991; Degrees in law and philosophy; Party: Social Democratic Party. |
Denise Phua Lay Peng
Mayor since 2014 |
Singapore Central
Singapore |
Born 1959; Master degree in business administration; Management positions with Hewlett-Packard and the Wuthelam Group; Founder of the Center of Effective Leadership. |
Danela Arsovska
Mayor since 2021 |
Skopje
North Macedonia |
Born 1979; Master degree in economics; Serves on the World Bank panel for International Centre for Settlement of Investment disputes; Court member at the OSCE in Geneva; represents North Macedonia at the International chamber of Commerce. |
Yordanka Asenova Fandakova
Mayor since 2011 |
Sofia
Bulgaria |
Born 1962; Degree in Russian language; Party: GERB, conservative, populist. |
Anna Konig Jerlmyr
Mayor since 2018 |
Stockholm
Sweden |
Born 1978; Member of the Swedish parliament from 2006 to 2010; From 2010 to 2014 head of social affairs in Stockholm; Between 2014 and 2018 leader of the opposition in the Stockholm city council; Party: Moderate Party, liberal, conservative |
Clover Moore
Mayor since 2004 |
Sydney*
Australia |
Born 1945; Degrees in art and education; Taught in schools in Sydney and London; Member of the South Wales parliament from 1988 to 2012; Party: Independent. |
Yuriko Koike
Mayor since 2016 |
Tokyo
Japan |
Born 1952; TV journalist; Member of House of Representatives (1993-2016); Environment Minister 2003-2006; Defence Minister 2008; Party: Tokyoites First, centre-right. |
Souad Abderrahim
Mayor since 2018 |
Tunis
Tunisia |
Born 1964; Studied medicine; World Mayor finalist 2018; Party: Ennahda. Islamic democratic. |
Muriel Bowser
Mayor since 2015 |
Washington DC
USA |
Born 1972; Degrees in History and Public Policy; Member of the City Council from 2007 to 2015; Party: Democrat. |
Corine Mauch
Mayor since 2009 |
Zurich*
Switzerland |
Born 1960; Party: Social Democratic Party. |
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