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Arsenio Dominguez is IMO's new Secretary General
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/07/24 15:05:34
THE Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has announce the election of Arsenio Dominguez, current IMO Director of Environment, as the new Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization.
He is the first Latin American and Panamanian in history to achieve this position.
Last December, The AMP presented the candidacy of naval architect Arsenio Dominguez under the slogan "Taking the initiative for a united and better future", as Secretary General of the IMO.
Mr Dominguez competed alongside Moin Uddin Ahmed of Bangladesh, Suat Hayri Aka of Turkey, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry of Dominica, Nancy Karigithu of Kenya, Minna Kivimaki of Finland, and Zhang Xiaojie of China for the post.
Mr Dominguez has been Panama's alternate representative to the IMO from 2004 until 2014 when he was appointed Panama's Ambassador to the IMO and president of MEPC until 2017 when he joined the International Maritime Organization as Chief of Staff, then Administrative Director and Director of Marine Environment.
Panama joined the IMO on December 31, 1958, becoming a member of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1979. With the entry into force in 2002 of the 1993 amendments to the Convention Establishing the Organization, Panama has since been re-elected as a Category A member of the Council.
Mr Dominguez's election honours Panama, its maritime vocation, and dedication to this industry for more than a century, AMP said in a statement.
He is the first Latin American and Panamanian in history to achieve this position.
Last December, The AMP presented the candidacy of naval architect Arsenio Dominguez under the slogan "Taking the initiative for a united and better future", as Secretary General of the IMO.
Mr Dominguez competed alongside Moin Uddin Ahmed of Bangladesh, Suat Hayri Aka of Turkey, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry of Dominica, Nancy Karigithu of Kenya, Minna Kivimaki of Finland, and Zhang Xiaojie of China for the post.
Mr Dominguez has been Panama's alternate representative to the IMO from 2004 until 2014 when he was appointed Panama's Ambassador to the IMO and president of MEPC until 2017 when he joined the International Maritime Organization as Chief of Staff, then Administrative Director and Director of Marine Environment.
Panama joined the IMO on December 31, 1958, becoming a member of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1979. With the entry into force in 2002 of the 1993 amendments to the Convention Establishing the Organization, Panama has since been re-elected as a Category A member of the Council.
Mr Dominguez's election honours Panama, its maritime vocation, and dedication to this industry for more than a century, AMP said in a statement.