Singapore’s Daren Tang elected to the United Nations's WIPO to be the next Director General

On 5 March 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong posted on facebook to congratulate Mr Daren Tang of his successfully elected the top job at United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

"This is the first time a Singaporean has been nominated for the leadership position of a UN Agency. Am grateful the WIPO Coordination Committee supported Daren. We look forward to WIPO’s General Assembly approving Daren’s appointment as Director General in May 2020." - PM Lee



Mr Tang, the chief executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), was among the six in the race for the top job. The other candidates were from China, Colombia, Ghana, Kazakhstan and Peru. WIPO's coordination committee, which comprises 83 member states, held two rounds of voting.

So far the USA has sent in their congratulation message .