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Six Candidates for Position of IMO Secretary-General

Published Apr 4, 2011 11:04 AM by The Maritime Executive

By the deadline of March 31,  2011, six candidates had been nominated by their Governments for the position of Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The election for the post will be held at the 106th session of the 40-Member strong IMO Council, which meets from 27 June to 1 July 2011.  The decision of the Council will be submitted to the IMO Assembly, which meets for its 27th session from 21 to 30 November 2011, for its approval.

The nominations received are listed below in alphabetical order by candidates’ name.

Candidate                                    Government
Mr. Lee Sik Chai                         Republic of Korea
Mr. Andreas Chrysostomou      Republic of Cyprus
Mr. Neil Frank Ferrer                  Republic of the Philippines
Mr. Jeffrey Lantz                          United States of America
Mr. Esteban Pacha Vicente       Kingdom of Spain
Mr. Koji Sekimizu                        Japan

The present incumbent, Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, ends his second four-year term as Secretary-General on 31 December 2011.
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