Igor Maratovich Ponomaryov (; 6 June 1965,

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), was the Permanent Representative of the

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to the

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(IMO) and Chairman of the

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since 2003. He was also a Governor of the

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, and he served as Chairman of the Council of the

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(IACS) from 2001 to 2002. Since 1993 Ponomarev was involved with the development of the Russian Federation's participation in IMO's activities. He chaired the Maritime Safety Committee Working Groups on Tanker Safety and

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Safety from 1999 to 2002. From 2003 to 2005 he was Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment. Ponomarev chaired the Technical Committee of IMO's 24th Assembly at the end of 2005. In 2005 he was elected Chairman of the Maritime Safety Committee by acclamation.

Background

Ponomarev graduated from St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University as a

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and joined the

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in 1988, where he served first as a Senior Surveyor, then as Principal Surveyor/Co-ordinator for IMO-related activities, later as Head of the International Department and, subsequently, from 1999 to 2003, as Vice Director-General of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

Death

Mr. Ponomarev died at the age of 41 in London. He complained of thirst after a night at the opera and then collapsed.

called his death "sudden".

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called the death a possible murder. (interview with

) Ponomarev had been set to meet with

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, a lawyer investigating the FSB, before he died. Scaramella also met with ex-FSB agent

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, who was poisoned two days after Ponomarev's death.7 crazy stories of Russian deaths
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References

External links

IMO.org
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