Mr. Mehmet Ergün Turan
The NALAS President, Mr. Mehmet Ergün Turan, is the Mayor of Fatih, in Istanbul, Türkiye.
NALAS Vice-Presidents
NALAS has a rotation Presidency system, with a President and three Vice-Presidents, who later become NALAS Presidents. The Vice-Presidents are nominated by the member LGAs and appointed by the General Assembly and represent NALAS at various events. In addition, they support the work of the Executive Bureau.
Current NALAS Vice-Presidents are: Mr. Dušan Raičević from Montenegro, Mr. Marko Filipović from Croatia and Mr.Emil Drăghici from Romania.
Previous Nalas Presidents
Mr. Goran Cvetanović
Mrs. Tatiana Badan
2021 - 2022
Emanuil Manolov
2020 - 2021
Petre Shilegov
2019 - 2020
Darko Fras
2018 - 2019
Mico Micic
2017 - 2018
Naim Ismajli
2016 - 2017
Emil Draghici
2015 - 2016
Đuro Bukvić
2014 - 2015
Anton Peršak
2013 - 2014
Özgen Keskin
2012 - 2013
Vladimir Moskov
2009 - 2012
Tarzan Milosevic
2005 - 2009
Goran Angelov
2004 - 2005
NALAS General Assembly
The General Assembly is the highest decision making of NALAS. Each full member is represented by two local elected representatives, Mayors and /or local councilors, each of whom has one vote.
The General Assembly meets on annual basis.
NALAS Committee of Liason Officers
The Committee of Liaison Officers is the chief governing body of NALAS. It is composed of: the President, the three Vice-Presidents, the Liaison Officers appointed by full members, two liaison officers appointed by the associate members, the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (permanent seat in its quality of founder of NALAS stated in the preamble), the Executive Director and the Treasurer.
