List of the CPMR Political Bureau Updated on 8 January 2018 CPMR POLITICAL BUREAU Elected in Ponta Delgada (PT) on 4 November 2016 President Vasco Alves CORDEIRO, President, Governo Regional dos Açores (Portugal) 1st Vice-President and Treasurer Gunn Marit HELGESEN, Councillor of Telemark (Norway) Vice-Presidents George ALEXAKIS, Vice-Governor of Crete in charge of European and International Issues (Greece) Annika ANNERBY JANSSON, Vice-President, Skane Region (Sweden) Cees LOGGEN, Regional Minister of Noord-Holland (The Netherlands) Enrico ROSSI, President, Tuscany Region (Italy) Horia TEODORESCU, President, Tulcea County Council (Romania) Full members Albania Greta BARDELI, President of the Regional Council of Shkodër Bulgaria Stoyan PASEV, Regional Governor of Varna Region Cyprus To be nominated Denmark Henrik QVIST, Councillor, Region Midtjylland Estonia Toomas KIVIMAGI, Councillor, Pärnu City Council Finland Jari NAHKANEN, member of the Board, Oulu Region France Forough SALAMI-DADKHAH, Vice-President, Regional Council of Brittany Germany Thomas LENZ, State Secretary, Ministry of the Interior and for Europe of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Greece See Vice-Presidents Ireland John Seamais O’FEARRAIGH, Member of Donegal County council Italy See Vice-Presidents Malta Justyne CARUANA, Minister for Gozo Moldova To be nominated The Netherlands See Vice-Presidents Norway See 1st Vice-President Poland Jerzy LESZCZYŃSKI, Marshal, Podlaskie Region Portugal See President Romania See Vice-Presidents Spain Susana DIAZ, Presidente de la Junta de Andalucia Sweden See Vice-Presidents Turkey To be nominated Ukraine Maksim STEPANOV, Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration United Kingdom To be nominated - 1 - Honorary Members Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Honorary President of CPMR - French Minister of Europe & Foreign Affairs and Regional Councillor of Brittany Region (France) Presidents of the Commissions Christelle MORANÇAIS: President of the Atlantic Arc Commission - Présidente de la Région Pays de la Loire (France) Christiana KALOGIROU: President of the Balkans & Black Sea Commission – Regional Governor of North Aegean Region (Greece) Jari SAINIO: President of the Baltic Sea Commission – Vice-Chairman of the Board, Region of Helsinki- Uusimaa (Finland) Apostolos KATSIFARAS: President of the Intermediterranean Commission – Regional Governor of Western Greece Region (Greece) Gilles SIMEONI: President of the Islands Commission - Président du Conseil Exécutif de Corse (France) Kerstin BRUNNSTRÖM: President of the North Sea Commission - Regional Councillor, Region Västra Götaland (Sweden) Representative of the Outermost Regions Fernando CLAVIJO BATLLE, Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias (Spain) Alternate members Albania Aldrin DALIPI, President of the Regional and Municipal Council of Tirana Bulgaria To be nominated Cyprus To be nominated Denmark Henrik Ringbaek MADSEN, Regional Councillor - Nordjylland Estonia Kaido KAASIK, County Governor - County Government of Saaremaa Finland Antti RÄSÄNEN, Vice Chairman of the Council, Regional Council of Päijät-Häme. France Alain ROUSSET, President, Nouvelle Aquitaine Region Germany Reinhard BOEST, Director of the Information Office in Brussels, Land of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Greece Apostolos PAPAFOTIOU, Regional Councillor of Peloponnese in charge of International Affairs and European Programmes Ireland To be nominated Italy Roberto CIAMBETTI, Presidente del Consiglio Regionale del Veneto, Regione del Veneto Malta John BORG, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Gozo Moldova To be nominated The Netherlands Jeannette BALJEU, Regional Minister of Zuid-Holland Norway Marianne CHESAK, County Councillor, Rogaland County Council Poland Maciej ZYWNO, Deputy Marshal, Podlaskie Region Portugal Miguel ALBUQUERQUE, President of Governo Autónomo da Madeira Romania Marian DINULESCU, Vice-President, Calarasi County Council Spain Alberto NÚÑEZ FEIJOO, President of Xunta de Galicia Sweden Erik BERGKVIST, President of the Regional Executive Committee, Region Västerbotten Turkey To be nominated Ukraine To be nominated United Kingdom To be nominated - 2 - Alternate representatives of Presidents of Commissions (*) Atlantic Arc Commission: Miguel Ángel REVILLA, Presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria (Spain) Balkan & Black Sea Regional Commission: Marian DINULESCU, Vice-President, Calarasi County Council (Romania) Baltic Sea Commission: Annika SANDSTRÖM, President of Stockholm County Council (Sweden) Intermediterranean Commission: to be nominated, Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain) Islands Commission: Georgios HATZIMARKOS, Regional Governor of South Aegean Region (Greece) North Sea Commission: John LAMB: Vice-Chairman, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (United Kingdom) (*) In accordance with the CPMR Statutes adopted by the General Assembly in Aberdeen (1/10/2010) "Each Commission shall nominate a substitute who will to represent the President if he is unable to attend the Political Bureau" (Article 7.2a). - 3 - .