Mr. Ki-tack Lim (Republic of Korea) has been elected as the Secretary-General of the IMO, with effect from 1 January 2016, for an initial term of four years.
The vote took place during the 114th session of the 40-Member strong IMO Council, which is meeting from 29 June to 3 July 2015. Mr. Lim was chosen from six candidates. The decision of the Council will be submitted to the IMO Assembly, which meets for its 29th session from 23 November-2 December 2015, for approval.
Mr. Ki-tack Lim
Mr. Lim is currently president of Busan Port Authority. He served as the Republic of Korea’s Deputy Permanent Representative to IMO from 2006 to 2009 and was Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) from 2002 to 2004.
Picture: Mr. Ki-tack Lim (left) will succeed IMO's present Secretary-General Mr. Koji Sekimizu (right), who ends his four-year term as Secretary-General on 31 December 2015 (pictures by IMO).
