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AER Executive Board

The Executive Board manages the coordination of all AER activities and charges the Secretary General to implement its decisions. Between assemblies, it is the highest authority of AER.

The President(s) of the AER Programmes are adjunct of the Board on a strictly personal basis, reporting on the activities of their respective body.

By delegation, the Executive Board is authorised to meet and to make decisions in accordance with the association’s statutory objectives or useful to its smooth running. Decisions made in this way are submitted to the General Assembly.


Albert Castellanos Maduell
President

Region: Catalonia (ES)
Seconded Officer: Elena Herrero Pérez

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Christian Debève
Vice President – Treasurer

Region: Grand Est (FR)
Seconded Officer: Jean-Baptiste Cuzin

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David Batsikadze
Vice President for Science

Region: Ajara (GE)
Seconded Officer(s): Indira Khozrevanidze, Lolita Dolidze
Nina Björby
Vice President
for Democracy, Governance & Values
Region: Västerbotten (SE)
Seconded Officer: Kurt-Åke Hammarstedt

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Nicola Campitelli
Vice President for Innovation, Urban and Territorial Planning

Region: Abruzzo (IT)
Seconded Officer: Leo Grassi
Linda Helén Haukland
Vice President
for Employment, Education and Skills
Region: Nordland (NO)
Seconded Officer: Åshild Opøyen
Lilijana Madjar
Vice President
for Public Services, Digitalisation & Cohesion
Region: Zahodna Slovenija (SI)
Seconded Officer: Nataša Rojšek

Lukas Mandl
Vice President
for European Integration & Wider Europe
Region: Lower Austria (AT)
Seconded Officer: Caroline Parsché

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Sergii Miliutin
Vice President for the Local Dimension and Ukraine Recovery

Region: Kryvyi Rih (UA)
Seconded Officer: Polina Myroshnychenko

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Gerry Murray
Vice President
for Social Policy and Rural Opportunities
Region: Mayo County Council (IE)
Seconded Officer: to be appointed
Mícheál Ó hÉanaigh
Vice President for Youth, Culture & Tourism

Region: Donegal County Council (IE)
Seconded Officer: Anne Marie Conlon

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Johannes Sundelin
Vice President for Sustainability, Green Transition and Health
Region: Norrbotten (SE)
Seconded Officer: Per Erik Andersson
Jean-Luc Vanraes
Vice President for Interregional & Global Cooperation

Region: Brussels-Capital (BE)
Seconded Officer: Karima Zahi

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Esther Estany
AER Eurodyssey President

Region: Catalonia (ES)
Seconded Officer: Adriana Andrés Comas

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Kari Anne Bøkestad Andreassen
AER Summer Academy President
Region: Nordland (NO)
Seconded Officer: Åshild Opøyen
Norbert Nagy
AER Youth Regional Network (YRN) President
Region: Sălaj (RO)
Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli
AER Honorary President

Region: Istanbul (TR)
AER President 2013-2017

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Magnus Berntsson
AER Honorary President

Region: Västra Götaland (SE)
AER President 2017-2023
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