CLGF Board and Patrons 2017-19
Patrons:
Rt Hon Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and UNDP adminstrator
Hon Enele Sopoaga, Prime Minister, Tuvalu
Chairperson
Cllr Rev Mpho Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA)
Vice chairs
Hon Georges Elanga Obam, Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, Cameroon
Mayor Dave Cull, President, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ)
Members
Africa:
East
Cllr George Mutabazi, President Uganda Association of Local Government Authorities (ULGA)++
Cllr Innocent Uwimana, Chairperson, Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA)*
Hon Anastase Shyaka, Minister of Local Government, Rwanda
Hon Tom Butime, Minister of Local Government, Uganda*
Southern
Cllr Rev Mpho MW Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities, Botswana (BALA)++
Cllr Muesee Kazapua, President of Association for Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN)*
Hon Vincent Mwale MP, Minister for Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection, Zambia
Hon Phiwayinkosi Mabuza MP, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Swaziland*
West
Hon Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La, President, National Association of Local Authorities (NALGA) Ghana
Mayor Joseph Bindi, President, Local Councils Association of Sierra Leone (LoCASL)*
Hon Georges Elanga Obam, Minister Decentralisation and Local Development, Cameroon++
Hon Anthony Brewah, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Sierra Leone*
Americas
Mayor Bernard Wagner, Belize City, Belize
Alderman Anthony Roberts, President, Trinidad & Tobago Association of Local Government Authorities, (TTALGA)*
Hon Renward Ricardo Wells MP, Minister of Transport and Local Government, Bahamas
TBC, Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica (ALGAJ)*
Hon Ronald Bulkan MP, Minister of Local Communities, Guyana
Asia-Pacific
Asia
Hon Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana MP, Chair, Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities (FSLGA)++
Seyed Muhammad Ashgar Shah Gilani, President, Local Councils Association of the Punjab (LCAP), Pakistan*
Hon Noh Bin Omar MP, Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Malaysia*
Pacific
Mayor Dave Cull, President, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ)
Mayor David O’Loughlin, President, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA)*
Hon Kobebe Taitai MP, Minister of Internal Affairs & Social Development, Kiribati
Vacant
Europe
Cllr Nick Small, Local Government Association of England and Wales
Vacant
Hon Dr Owen Bonnici, Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government, Malta
Hon Steven Linares, Minister for Culture, the Media Youth & Sport, Gibraltar*
Members at large
Cllr Yoland Jno Jules, Chairperson, Dominica Association of Local Community Authorities (DALCA)
Cllr Parks Tau, Chairperson, South African Local Government Association (SALGA)
Vacant
Co-opted members
TBC
Hon Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo MP, Minister of Local Government and Outer Islands, Mauritius
Associate members
Professor Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
Prof Jaap de Visser, University of Western Cape, South Africa*
Professor Eris Schoburgh, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Dr Philip Amis, International Development Dept. University of Birmingham, UK*
Ex officio
Simon Baker, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives UK, Hon Treasurer
Dr Greg Munro, Secretary-General
Dr Carl Wright, Secretary-General Emeritus
Executive Committee
Cllr Rev Mpho Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities, Botswana (Chairperson)
Hon Georges Elanga Obam, Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, Cameroon (Vice Chairperson)
Mayor Dave Cull, President, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) (Vice Chairperson)
Cllr George Mutabazi, President Uganda Association of Local Government Authorities (ULGA)
Hon. Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana MP, Chair, Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities (FSLGA)
Simon Baker, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, Hon Treasurer UK (ex-officio)
Dr Greg Munro, Secretary-General (ex-officio)
