CLGF Board and Patrons 2015-17
Chairperson
Cllr Rev Mpho MBW Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities
Vice chairs
Cllr Philip McPhee, President, Bahamas Association of Local Government Authorities
Members
Africa:
East
Cllr Innocent Uwimana, Chairperson, Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities
Hon Tom Butime MP, Minister of Local Government, Uganda Vice-Chairperson
Southern
Cllr Rev Mpho MBW Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities
Cllr Muesee Kazapua, President, Association for Local Authorities in Namibia (alternate)
Hon Steven Kampyongo MP, Minister for Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection, Zambia
Hon Phiwayinkosi M Mabuza, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Swaziland (alternate)
West
Hon Isaac Ashai Odamtten, President, National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana
Hon Jules Doret Ndongo, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Cameroon
Americas
Mayor Darrell Bradley, Belize City Council, Belize
Mayor Scean Barnswell, President, Association of Local Government Authorities, Jamaica (alternate)
Cllr Michael Thompson, Board of Governors, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Cllr Yoland Jno Jules, Chairman, Dominica Association of Local Government Authorities (alternate)
Hon Desmond McKenzie MP, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Jamaica
Senator the Hon Franklin Khan MP, Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Trinidad and Tobago (alternate)
Hon Hope Strachan MP, Minister of Financial Services and Local Government, The Bahamas
Asia-Pacific
Asia
Hon Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana MP, President, Federation of Sri Lanka Local Government Authorities
YB Tan Sri Noh Bin Haji Omar, Minister of Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government, Malaysia
Pacific
Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Government New Zealand (Immediate Past Chairperson)
Mayor Troy Pickard, President, Australian Local Government Association (alternate)
Hon Atarake Nataara MP, Minister of Internal Affairs and Social Development, Kiribati
Europe
Cllr Nick Small, Local Government Association of England and Wales, UK
Dr Marc Sant, President, Local Councils Association, Malta
Members at large
Cllr Philip McPhee, President, Bahamas Association of Local Government Authorities Vice-chairperson
Co-opted members
Hon Dr Mohammed Husnoo, Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer Islands, Mauritius
Hon Slumber Tsogwane, Minister of Local Government, Botswana
Hon Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, India
Associate members
Dr Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Management, India
Prof P S Reddy, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (alternate)
Dr Eris Schoburgh, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Dr Philip Amis, International Development Dept, University of Birmingham, UK (alternate)
Ex officio
Simon Baker, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, UK (Hon Treasurer)
Dr Greg Munro, CLGF Secretary-General
Dr Carl Wright, Secretary-General Emeritus
Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Government New Zealand (Immediate Past Chairperson)
Executive Committee
Cllr Rev Mpho M W Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities (Chairperson)
Cllr Philip McPhee, President, Bahamas Association of Local Government Authorities (Vice-chairperson)
Hon Seyed Ali Moulana MP, Chairman, Federation of Sri Lanka Local Government Authorities
Hon Jules Doret Ndongo, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Cameroon
Dr Marc Sant, President, Local Councils Association, Malta
Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Government New Zealand (Immediate Past Chair)
Simon Baker, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, UK Hon Treasurer (ex officio)
Dr Greg Munro, CLGF Secretary General (ex officio)
