|  Honourable
Joaquim Chissano was accorded the first Honorary membership of
the UCLGA in recognition of the tremendous role he played to the
successful founding of the UCLGA as the then serving Chairman of
the African Union.
Hon.
Chissano is former president of the Republic of Mozambique.
General Olusegun Obasanjo,
GCFR,
is the former President of the Republic of Nigeria and is the immediate past Chairman of the
African Union.
 Father
Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is the President the United Cites and
Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA), as well as the Chairman of
the African Union of Local Authorities (AULA).
He is also currently the President of the Africities
Political Committee.
In May 2004 in Paris, France at the Founding Congress of
the
United Cities and Local Governments
(UCLG - an international local government world body which
represents all local authorities and local government within the
United Nations and at international level), Father Mkhatshwa was
elected co-President of UCLG, along with Mr. Bertrand Delanoe, the
Mayor of the City of
Paris
(
France
) and Ms. Marta Suplicy, the Mayor of the City of Sao Paolo
(Brazil).
 Mr
Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi,
Secreatary General UCLGA, is not a new face to continental
and international local government.
He is a very seasoned and well-known local government expert
who comes from Cameroon. Mr
Elong Mbassi is An
urban planner by training, he brings a wealth of experience to the
UCLGA, having, for over 20 years, been
Secretary-General of the Municipal Development Partnership,
a Cotonou, Benin-based, World Bank-founded technical and
institutional support agency for local governments in Africa.
He was also Secretary-General of the World Association of
Cities and Local Authorities Coordination (WACLAC) in
Geneva
.
Mr Elong Mbassi has the experience, networks and drive which
UCLGA needs to ensure that its footprints are etched in the
continent and beyond.
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