President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is elected by the Congress, from among the delegates who are representatives in their delegations, on an alternating basis from each chamber (The Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions). The President of the Congress has a mandate of two and a half years.[1]

President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Incumbent
Anders Knape
since November 6, 2018
Term lengthTwo and a half years
Constituting instrumentStatutory Resolution and Charter of the Congress
Formation12 January 1957
First holderJacques Chaban-Delmas
Final holderGudrun Mosler-Törnström
Websitecoe.int/en/web/congress/presidency

List of presidents of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Presidents of the Conference of Local Authorities of Europe (1957-1983) and of the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (1983-1994)
Nationality President Presidency
 France Jacques Chaban-Delmas January 12, 1957 - January 24, 1960
 France Georges Dardel 1960 - 1962
 Luxembourg Henri Cravatte 1962 - 1966
 United Kingdom Francis Hill 1966 - 1968
 Austria Alois Lugger 1968 - 1970
 Norway Kjell T. Evers 1970 - 1972
 Italy Giancarlo Piombino 1972 - 1974
 Netherlands Reint Laan 1974 - 1976
 Luxembourg Henri Cravatte 1976 - 1978
 United Kingdom Gordon Pirie 1978 - 1980
  Switzerland Bernard Dupont 1980 - 1982
 Netherlands Eric Kiesl 1982 - 1984
 Denmark John Winther 1984 - 1985
 Spain Antoni Srana 1985 - 1987
 United Kingdom John Morgan 1987 - 1991
 France Lucien Sergent 1991 - 1992
 Sweden Bengt Mollstedt 1992 - 1994
Presidents of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities since 1994
Nationality President Presidency
 Netherlands Alexander Tchernoff May 31, 1994 - July 2, 1996
  Switzerland Claude Haegi July 2, 1996 - May 25, 1998
 France Alain Chénard May 26, 1998 - May 23, 2000
 Spain Llibert Cuatrecasas May 23, 2000 - July 2, 2002
 Austria Herwig van Staa June 2, 2002 - May 25, 2004
 Italy Giovanni di Stasi May 25, 2004 - May 30, 2006
 Norway Halvdan Skard May 30, 2006 - May 27, 2008
 Turkey Yavuz Mildon May 27, 2008 - October 26, 2010
 United Kingdom Keith Whitmore October 26, 2010 - October 16, 2012
 Austria Herwig van Staa October 16, 2012 - October 14, 2014
 France Jean-Claude Frécon October 14, 2014 - October 16,2016
 Austria Gudrun Mosler-Törnström October 16, 2016 - November 6, 2018
 Sweden Anders Knape since November 6, 2018

Citations
  1. "Statutory Resolution and Charter of the Congress".
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