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World Mayor

World wide biennial award for mayors

Summary

World wide biennial award for mayors

World Mayor is a biennial award organized by the City Mayors Foundation since 2004. It intends to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as honour those who have served their communities well and who have contributed to the well-being of cities, nationally and internationally. The organisers make it plain that the award has no connection with any city or organization and is run on strictly non-commercial lines. Helen Zille and Leopoldo Lopez discussed their 2008 nominations on the BBC World Service programme Outlook. The Guardian looked at contenders for the 2014 prize. The 2018 World Mayor Project was dedicated to women mayors. The 2020 World Mayor Project is dedicated to mayors who have made the relief of poverty one of their top priorities. The winner of the 2021 World Mayor Prize Ahmed Aboutaleb was presented with his award at a ceremony held in the Dutch Senate by its President Jan Anthonie Bruijn.

The 2023 World Mayor Prize was dedicated to Friendship between Cities, awarded to a mayor and city that have made outstanding contributions to friendship and cooperation between towns and cities at home and across borders

The 2025 World Mayor Prize was dedicated to 'Mayors Fighting Poverty' and run on the World Mayor 2025 and Women Mayors platforms. However, in September 2025 the organisers published that they had decided not to continue to award the prize due to the low number of public nominations.

The City Mayors Foundation commissions the trophy presented as the World Mayor Prize. The trophy was conceived by Tann vom Hove. It was designed by artist Manuel Ferrari and is handmade out of steel by the metalworker Kaspar Swankey.

Notable recipients

Notable winners include (subsequent political offices): Edi Rama (Prime Minister of Albania), Dora Bakoyannis (Greek foreign minister) and Marcelo Ebrard (Mexican foreign minister), while runners-up (or top 10 finalists) have included Andrés Manuel López Obrador (President of Mexico), Job Cohen (Dutch Labour opposition leader), Joko Widodo (President of Indonesia), Gavin Newsom (Governor of California), Leopoldo López (Venezuelan opposition leader), Cory Booker (US Senator) and John Hickenlooper (US Senator and former Governor of Colorado).

Riace (Italy) mayor Domenico Lucano, who came third in the 2010 poll, was arrested in October 2018 on various immigration-related charges. The mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz, who was assassinated in January 2019, had ranked ninth in the 2016 poll.

City Mayors Foundation

The City Mayors Foundation, also known as City Mayors, is an international think tank dedicated to urban affairs. It has been active since 2003 and runs the biennial World Mayor Prize, as well as the CityMayors.com website. Unlike Eurocities and United Cities and Local Governments it is wholly independent of any city.

Winners of the World Mayor Prize

YearNameMayor ofReference
2004Edi RamaAlbania Tiranahttp://www.worldmayor.com/worldmayor_2004/results_2004.html
2005Dora BakoyannisGreece Athenshttp://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html
2006John SoAustralia Melbournehttp://www.worldmayor.com/results06/wm_winners06.html
2008Helen ZilleSouth Africa Cape Townhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2008/world-mayor-2008-results.html
2010Marcelo EbrardMexico Mexico Cityhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2010/world-mayor-2010-results.html
2012Iñaki AzkunaSpain Bilbaohttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2012/world-mayor-12-results.html
2014Naheed NenshiCanada Calgaryhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
2016Bart SomersBelgium Mechelenhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2016/world-mayor-winners-2016.html
2018Valeria MancinelliItaly Anconahttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2018/world-mayor-winners-2018.html
2021Ahmed AboutalebNetherlands Rotterdamhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest-2021/world-mayor-winners-2021.html
2021Philippe RioFrance Grignyhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest-2021/world-mayor-winners-2021.html
2023Elke KahrAustria Grazhttp://www.worldmayor.com/winners-2023/elke-kahr-graz.html

Runners up (Commendations)

YearNameMayor ofReference
2004Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Hazel McCallion, Martin O’Malley, Gavin NewsomMexico Mexico City, Canada Mississauga, US Baltimore, US San Franciscohttp://www.worldmayor.com/worldmayor_2004/results_2004.html
2005Hazel McCallion, Álvaro Arzú, Oscar Samson Rodriguez, Gavin NewsomCanada Mississauga, Guatemala Guatemala City, Philippines San Fernando, US San Franciscohttp://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html
2006Job Cohen, Stephen Reed, Jejomar Binay, Michel ThiollièreNetherlands Amsterdam, US Harrisburg, Philippines Makati, France St Etiennehttp://www.worldmayor.com/results06/wm_winners06.html
2008Elmar Ledergerber, Leopoldo Eduardo López, Phil Gordon, Ulrich MalySwitzerland Zürich, Venezuela Chacao, US Phoenix, Germany Nürnberghttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2008/world-mayor-2008-results.html
2010Mick Cornett, Domenico Lucano, Dianne Watts, Campbell NewmanUS Oklahoma City, Italy Riace, Canada Surrey, Australia Brisbanehttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2010/world-mayor-2010-results.html
2012Lisa Scaffidi, Joko Widodo, Régis Labeaume, John F CookAustralia Perth, Indonesia Surakarta, Canada Québec City, US El Pasohttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2012/world-mayor-12-results.html
2014Daniël Termont, Tri Rismaharini, Carlos Ocariz, Jed Patrick MabilogBelgium Ghent, Indonesia Surabaya, Venezuela Sucre, Philippines Iloilo Cityhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
2016, Georgios Kaminis, Giusi Nicolini, Richard ArnoldGermany Lahr, Greece Athens, Italy Lampedusa, Germany Schwäbisch Gmündhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2016/world-mayor-winners-2016.html
2018Ros Jones, Nathalie Appéré, Charlotte Britz, Beng ClimacoBritain Doncaster, France Rennes, Germany Saarbrücken, Philippines Zamboanga Cityhttp://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2018/world-mayor-winners-2018.htm

References

References

  1. (30 December 2014). "Who will be crowned the world's best mayor for 2014?". The Guardian.
  2. "World Mayor 2018: Raison d'etre".
  3. "World Mayor 2020: Mayors fighting Poverty".
  4. "Presentation of the 2021 World Mayor Prize".
  5. "The 2025 World Mayor Prize will NOT be awarded".
  6. "Kaspar Swankey". swankeypankey.com.
  7. Newing, Rod. (18 May 2010). "Funding and social capital are key factors in financing regeneration". FT.com.
  8. (2012). "City Mayors: About City Mayors". citymayors.com.
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