WIPO result: Gurry to be new director-general
13 May 2008
Managing Intellectual Property
Francis Gurry of Australia will be the next WIPO director-general, after a tense day of voting today.
He beat rival Jose Graca Aranha of Brazil in a two-way vote after the other 12 candidates were either eliminated or withdrew earlier today. The tally in the final round was 42-41.
Gurry led in all four rounds of voting.
The first round of voting, this morning, saw the
elimination
of Bojen Pretnar of Slovenia and Gjorgji Filipov of Macedonia.
The second round of voting took place after lunch and Toufiq Ali of Bangladesh straightway announced his...
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