Gurry chosen as WIPO director-general
18 May 2008
Francis Gurry of Australia was elected as the next director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at a meeting in Geneva earlier this week
Gurry, who is now deputy director-general of WIPO and was formerly the Organization’s general counsel, beat José Graça Aranha of Brazil 42-41 in the final round of voting among 83 of the Organization’s member states.
His appointment will be approved at the WIPO General Assemblies in September, after which he will take over as director-general from Kamil Idris, who is stepping down a year early. Gurry will be the fourth director-general of WIPO following Georg Bodenhausen of...
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