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Rees shortlisted for world’s best mayor award
Marvin Rees has been shortlisted for the 2023 World Mayor Prize.
The award is given to mayors “who are committed to form friendships and partnerships as well as cooperate with towns and cities at home and across borders”.
Rees, currently also shortlisted to be Labour’s official candidate for the new Bristol North East constituency, has been mayor of Bristol since 2016.
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“Some ten months before the end of his term in office in May 2024, Mayor Marvin Rees is praised, first and foremost, for his ability to work across all of the city’s communities,” says the World Mayor Prize website.
“Under the mayor’s leadership, the City of Bristol has strengthened its partnerships with communities in Africa, the US and other parts of the world.
“The Mayor’s time in office has been characterised by his willingness to work with all interest groups.
“He says that groups representing important sectors such as health, education, environment and diversity hold the same core values as his administration.”
Marvin Rees and mayor of New York, Eric Adams – photo: Eric Adams
The City Mayors Foundation has awarded the World Mayor Prize and since 2004, honouring “some of the world’s most outstanding mayors, mayors who have served their fellow citizens with integrity, courage and imagination”.
Rees is among a shortlist of 25, with the list of ten finalists published at the end of October and the winner of the announced by the end of the year.
Main photo: Marvin Rees
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