Ilsur Metshin was re-elected the chairman of the Association of Volga Region Cities

(KZN.RU, November 15). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, was re-elected the chairman of the Association of Volga Region Cities. Such a decision was made at the reporting and electing common meeting of the AVC members, which is held today in the Kazan City Hall with the participation of Alexei Sukhov, the deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the RF in the Volga Federal District.

Sergey Panchin, the head of Ulyanovsk, nominated the Mayor of Kazan for consideration. According to him, a huge work on the exchange of experience and best practices was carried out under the leadership of Ilsur Metshin over three years. “We see the pace that has been set today in the work of the Association of Volga Region Cities. New important tasks are set before us, therefore, it cannot be reduced”, said S. Panchin and suggested re-election of I. Metshin to the post of the chairman of the AVC.

Alexey Sukhov noted that Ilsur Metshin is able to defend the interests of the local authority at all levels of government, including in the international stage. “We support the proposal and believe that it is possible to elect Ilsur Metshin as chairman of the Association of Volga Region Cities”, he said.

The candidacy of Ilsur Metshin for the post of chairman of the Association of Volga Region Cities was approved unanimously. Also, new deputy chairmen were elected during the meeting, which were Alexey Ladykov, the head of Cheboksary, and Sergey Panchin, the head of Ulyanovsk, and Vladimir Reprintsev was re-elected as the executive director of the Association.

Ilsur Metshin thanked the meeting for the once again rendered trust. “It is responsible and honorable. It imposes responsibility for new tasks. I hope that we will also actively work together for the benefit of our residents in the next reporting period”, said the Mayor of Kazan.

For reference

The first common meeting of the leaders of the seven largest cities of the Volga region (Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk, and Cheboksary) was held in Samara on October 27, 1998. The agreement was signed at the meeting on the establishment of the Association, a new structure for the interaction of municipalities. All member-cities of the Association are the centers of the Russian Federation subjects. The main economic, energy, and information resources, universities and research institutions in the Volga region are concentrated in them.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, was elected the chairman of the Association of Volga Region Cities in October 2014. According to the Charter of the AVC, the chairman of the Association is elected by the general meeting for a term of three years with the right of re-election.