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Singaporean Daren Tang officially appointed as the next WIPO Director General

8 May 2020

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Mr Daren Tang, Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has been officially appointed as the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). WIPO is a specialised United Nations (UN) agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, with 193 member states and an annual revenue in excess of S$600 million. Mr Tang will take over the helm of WIPO on 1 October 2020 for a term of six years. This marks the first time a Singaporean will lead a UN agency, and WIPO’s first Director General from Asia.


Mr Tang’s acceptance speech can be accessed below: 

(https://youtu.be/HQsU9Wrmnro)


Joint media release from Singapore’s Ministry of Law and IPOS – please click here. (154.66KB)

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