El Paso Mayor John Cook has been named the fifth-best mayor in the world by the City Mayors Foundation, a London-based think tank intended to encourage solutions to problems such as housing, transportation, education and employment.

Cook was nominated earlier this year for the honor, intended to recognize problem solving and high ethical standards. 

In April, Cook was named to a list of 88 finalists and then made a list of 25.

Iñaki Azkuna, the mayor of Bilbao, Spain, topped the final list, which was released Monday.

• 1.Iñaki Azkuna - Bilbao, Spain
• 2 Lisa Scaffidi - Perth, Australia
• 3Joko Widodo - Surakarta, Indonesia
• 4 Régis Labeaume - Québec City, Canada
• 5 John F Cook - El Paso, USA
• 6 Park Wan-su - Changwon City, South Korea
• 7 Len Brown - Auckland, New Zealand
• 8 Edgardo Pamintuan - Angeles City, Philippines
• 9 Mouhib Khatir - Zeralda, Algeria
• 10 Alfonso Sánchez - Garza Matamoros, Mexico