Efthymios Mitropoulos

Efthymios Mitropoulos
Efthymios Mitropoulos in 2015
7th Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization
In office
January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2011
Preceded byWilliam A. O'Neil
Succeeded byKoji Sekimizu
Personal details
Alma materMerchant Marine Academy

Efthymios (Thimio) E. Mitropoulos (Greek: Ευθύμιος Μητρόπουλος; born 30 May 1939 in Piraeus, Greece[1]) was the seventh Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations agency. Mitropoulos was elected as Secretary-General on 18 June 2003 during the 19th session of the International Maritime Organization Council. His four-year term started on 1 January 2004, and then was extended until 31 December 2011 by the IMO Council on 9 November 2006.[2] He was succeeded by Koji Sekimizu.[3][4]

Mitropoulos was an accomplished chief engineer officer, coast guard officer, rear admiral, shipping economist, marine technologist, harbor master, lecturer, chancellor, chairman, and author of books about shipping economics and policy, merchant vessels, and navigation safety, among other shipping-related subjects.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Media was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Secretary-General". Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  3. ^ Personal Page of the Secretary-General Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, accessed: 30 January 2012
  4. ^ Press-Briefing "Positional changes at IMO Secretariat" Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed: 30 January 2012