The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities held elections at its November 2018 meeting. Anders KNAPE (Sweden, EPP/CCE) president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for a two-year term.

From the Hungarian delegation to the Congress Ms Anna Magyar was re-elected as a vice president of the Chamber of regions for another two year term and Mr Tamás Gergő Samu was elected a vice-chair of the Governance Committee. Mr Róbert Csongor Grüman a member of the Romanian delegation from the Democratic Hungarian Union was elected as the chair of the Governance Committee of the Congress. 

The Hungarian Permanent Representation congratulates all those elected to hold office within the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities!

On the margins of the session of the Congress the Hungarian Permanent Representation held a working lunch for the Hungarian delegation to discuss recent developments within the Council of Europe.