Mr. Ki-tack Lim, Republic of Korea, has been elected for the IMO Secretary-General post, IMO says.
The list of nominations in alphabetical order by candidates’ surname:
Mr. Andreas Chrysostomou, Republic of Cyprus
Mr. Vitaly Klyuev, Russian Federation
Mr. Ki-tack Lim, Republic of Korea
Dr. Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. Republic of the Philippines
Mr. Andreas Nordseth, Kingdom of Denmark
Mr. Juvenal Shiundu, Republic of Kenya
As IAA PortNews was informed, the election was held in three votings. The Russian candidate dropped out in the second voting. Mr. Ki-tack Lim and Mr. Andreas Nordseth participated in the third voting.
The present incumbent, Mr. Koji Sekimizu, ends his four-year term as Secretary-General on 31 December 2015.