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Rt Hon Helen Clark, New Zealand
HE President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Uganda
HE Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar,Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago Read biography

CLGF Board 2011-13

Chairperson:

Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Government New Zealand

Vice chairs:

Cllr Philip McPhee, President Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities, Bahamas
Hon Adolf Mwesige, Minister of Local Government, Uganda Read biography

Members:

Africa:

East
Mayor Justus Kangwagye, President,,Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities
Hon Dr Didas Massaburi, President, Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania(alternate)
Hon Adolf Mwesige MP, Minister of Local Government, Uganda Read biography
Hon Hawa Ghasia, Minister of State, Regional Administration and Local Governemnt, Tanzania (alternate)

Southern
Rev Mpho M W Moruakgomo, President, Botswana Association of Local Authorities
Hon Prof Nkandu Luo MP,Minister of Local Government, Housing,Early Education and Environmental Protection, Zambia
Hon Richard Baloyi, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, South Africa (alternate)

West
Hon Nwabueze Okafor,National President, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria
Hon Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana
Minister of State for Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Cameroon (alternate)

Americas:

Cllr Marvin Hunt, National Board of Directors, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Canada
Mayor Scean Barnswell, President, Association of Local Government Authorities, Jamaica (alternate)
Mayor Darrell Bradley, Belize City Council, Belize
Mayor Orlando Nagessar, Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Association of Local Government Authorities (alternate)
Hon Noel Arscott MP, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Jamaica
Hon Alfred Gray, Minister of State for Lands and Local Government, The Bahamas(alternate)
Hon Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, Minister of Local Government, Trinidad and Tobago
Hon Senator Godwin Hulse, Minister of Local Government, Belize (alternate)

Asia-Pacific:

Mayor Methsiri Silva, Chairman, Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities 
Dato' Seri Chor Chee Heung, Minister of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia
Minister, Maldives (alternate)
Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Government New Zealand (Chairperson)
HE Teima Onorio, Vice-President and Minister of Internal and Social Affairs, Kiribati
Hon Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Australia (alternate)

Europe:

Cllr David Wilcox, Local Government Association of England and Wales, UK
Mayor Michael Cohen, President, Local Councils Association, Malta (alternate)

Members at large

Mayor Thabo Manyoni, Chairperson, South African Local Government Association (SALGA)
Cllr Taraiya Ole Kores, President, Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya
Cllr Philip McPhee, President Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities (CALGA)

Associate members

Dr Philip Amis, International Development Dept, University of Birmingham, UK
Peter McKinlay, Director - Local Government Centre, Auckland University of Technology (alternate)
Dr Eris Schoburgh, Faculty of Social Sciences,University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Prof P S Reddy, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (alternate)

Co-opted members

Hon Hervé Aimée, Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer Islands, Mauritius
Hon David Carter, Minister of Local Government, New Zealand
Hon Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban Development, India
Hon Peter Lelthonologo Siele, Minister of Local Government, Botswana

Ex officio

Zenaida Moya, Belize (Immediate Past ChairpersonRead biography
Carl Wright, CLGFSecretary General Read biography
Simon Baker, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, UK Hon Treasurer

Executive Committee

Mayor Lawrence Yule, President, Local Government New Zealand (Chairperson)
Hon Adolf Mwesige, Minister of Local Government, Uganda (Vice-Chairperson)
Cllr Philip McPhee, President Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities, Bahamas (Vice-Chairperson)
Cllr Marvin Hunt, National Board of Directors, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Canada
Hon Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana
Zenaida Moya, Immediate Past Chairperson, Belize Read biography
Carl Wright, CLGFSecretary General Read biography
Simon Baker, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, UK Hon Treasurer

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