Our former leaders 

This list reproduces the names of the persons that have been President, Copresident or Vicepresident of the UCLG Committee on culture. It also includes key members of their technical teams. With gratitude for your fundamental contribution to our activities!

Angers

Alain Fouquet, Pascale Marchand, Marianne Prodhomme and Monique Ramognino, as well as Pamela Bailly, Jeanne Boisson, and Christelle Six.

Barcelona

Ferran Mascarell, Carles Martí, Jordi Martí, Jaume Ciurana, Berta Sureda, Jaume Collboni and Joan Subirats, as well as Margarita Obiols, Antònia Sabartés, Josep Roca and Joaquim Llimona.

Bilbao

Ibone Bengoetxea and Nekane Alonso.

Belo Horizonte

Leonidas de Oliveira and Juca Ferreira, as well as Jose de Oliveira Junior and Janine Avelar.

Bogotá

Clarisa Ruiz-Correal, María Claudia López, Nicolás Montero and Catalina Valencia.

Buenos Aires

Gustavo López, Silvia Fajre, Hernán Lombardi, Darío Loperfido, Ángel Mahler and Enrique Avogadro.

Jeju
WON Hee-Ryong, as well as KIM Jeyon, CHAE Eunjoo, PARK Kyong-Hoon, CHO Sangbum and KANG Sang-Woong.

Lille – Métropole Européenne

Catherine Cullen, as well as Jean-Christophe Levassor and Paulo Pais.

Lisbon

Catarina Vaz-Pinto and Diogo Moura

Mexico City

José Alfonso Suárez del Real y Aguilera, Eduardo Vázquez Martín, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Nina Serratos, Elena Cepeda, Guadalupe Lozada, Vannesa Bohórquez,Diana Alarcón González and Claudia Curiel de Icaza, as well as Martín Levenson, Déborah Chenillo, Sandra Pacheco, Eugene Zapata, Víctor García Zapata, Mariana Flores and Jainité Rueda Ramos.

Milan

Filippo del Corno as well as Irma Dioli.

Montreal

Soraya Martínez, Helen Fotopulos, Élaine Ayotte, Susan Ellefsen and Manon Gauthier, as well as Jean Robert Choquet, Henri-Paul Normandin and Marie-Ève Bonneau.

Paris

Christophe Girard, Bruno Juillard and Patrick Klugman, as well as Karin Fouledeau, Carole Prat Anne-Sophie de Gasquet and Théo Recoules.

Porto Alegre

Vitor Ortiz, Sergius Gonzaga and Gunter Axt, as well as Alvaro Santis.

Rome
Luca Bergamo, as well as Carla Schiavone.

Stockholm

Madeleine Sjostedt and Ewa Samuelson, as well as Eva Schöld and Bo Ander.

UCLG Committee on culture - Coordination team

Idoia Villanueva, Frederic Borja, Adriana Partal, Gisela Sais, Esther Vendrell, Joana Valent, Mariona Peraire, Jordi Sabata, Carla Rabell, Inés Gesa, Ana Ursueguía, Helena Calvo, Valerie Guilmain, Carina Lopes, Núria Fàbrega, Robert Galera, Aina Oliver, Daniel Reche Serrano, Jordi Baltà Portolés, Oriol Plana Bonada, Guillermo Revilla Arjona, and Xavier Mercadé.

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