Ilsur Metshin proposes the candidacy of the Mayor of Ufa for the post of chairman of the Association of Volga Cities

A general meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities took place in Perm with the participation of Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy and Local Government Andrey Shevchenko, Deputy Representative of the President of Russia in the Volga Federal District Igor Burenkov, Federal Inspector for the Perm Region Alexey Vorobyov, as well as heads and representatives of 24 cities.

A report on the work of the association, approved plans, elected a board of 18 people, as well as a new chairman were announced at the meeting. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, who headed the association since 2014 for three terms, proposed to elect the Mayor of Ufa Ratmir Mavliyev as chairman. The candidacy was approved unanimously.

“For almost ten years we have worked together, solving the most pressing and burning issues of our cities. I wish to keep the pace of work over the years to be preserved in the future,”- Ilsur Metshin said.

The Mayor of Kazan thanked his colleagues for their trust, joint work and promised full support to the new leadership. He will continue to represent Kazan in the association as a participant.

For reference, the chairman of the association is elected for a term of three years. For the first time, Ilsur Metshin headed it in 2014, and then was re–elected to this post twice - in 2017 and 2020. He currently holds the post of President of the UN Advisory Committee on Local Authorities (UNACLA). At the 2nd Kazan International Legal Forum in September 2023, he made a proposal to establish an Association of BRICS cities.