Albert Bore
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Sir Albert Bore is the elected Councillor for Birmingham-Ladywood (1980-), the current Leader of the Labour Group of Birmingham City Council (1999-), former Leader of Birmingham City Council (1999–2004) and Chair of the Economic Development portfolio. He is the current elected Chair of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Selly Oak Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2006-). He is an elected Member of the EU-Committee of the Regions (CoR)(1992-) and former President of the EU-Committee of the Regions (2002–2004).

As Chair of Economic Development and Leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert was responsible for shaping the major social and economic regeneration of Birmingham during the 1980s and 1990s. This included the negotiation and delivery of one of the first public private partnerships in the UK with the then Conservative government and channelling-in European regional aid funding. This provided infrastructural leverage and partnerships that made him directly involved in the creation of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), the International Convention Centre (ICC), the National Indoor Arena (NIA), Birmingham Symphony Hall, the re-development of Brindley Place and refurbishment of the Mailbox and canalsides in the central area of Birmingham, the pedestrianisation of New Street and removal of the "concrete collar" road network in the central Birmingham area and the redevelopment of the Bullring, now one of the busiest shopping areas in the UK.

In 1986 Sir Albert Bore formed the Eurocities network between the cities of Birmingham, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Milan, Lyon and Rotterdam. This provided a new dimension for conceiving and delivering economic development strategies in cities across Europe.

Sir Albert Bore has been a leading protagonist of devolution and localism agendas in local governance since entering politics in 1974. He has published and lectured widely across Europe and internationally on the subject of city-building, urban renewal, devolution and local governance.

As a member of the EU-Committee of the Regions since its creation in 1992, he has drafted legislative opinions on behalf of local government across Europe on issues including, the European Convention of Human Rights, the Lisbon Treaty, EU-Enlargement, EU-Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion Policies and the European Union budget.

Albert Bore is a former university lecturer in nuclear reactor physics
Nuclear reactor physics
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 at Aston University
Aston University
Aston University is a "plate glass" campus university situated at Gosta Green, in the city centre of Birmingham, England.Established in 1895 as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School, Aston was granted its Royal Charter as Aston University on 22 April 1966...

. He holds a PhD in nuclear reactor physics from the University of Birmingham an honorary doctorate from the University of Aston.

He was knighted in the 2002 New Year honours
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 for services to local government.

Sir Albert Bore is a non-executive director of Birmingham Symphony Hall, Optima Community Housing Association, Marketing Birmingham, National Exhibition Centre Limited
National Exhibition Centre
The National Exhibition Centre is an exhibition centre in Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It has 20 interconnected halls, set in grounds of 628 acres making it the...

and Birmingham Technology Ltd.

He has three children, Kirsti Bore, Omar Hafeez-Bore and Firaz Hafeez-Bore.
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