# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daren-tang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:12:15.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daren-tang"
name: "Daren Tang"
slug: "daren-tang"
description: "Daren Tang Heng Shim is the fifth and current Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Tang was reappointed on April 21, 2026 for a second term that will run from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2032. He is also Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). Tang previously headed the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and was a trade lawyer for the government of Singapore."
tagline: "Designed Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daren_Tang_visits_the_European_Commission_-_2026_(P-069808_00-01)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "executives"
profileType:
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  slug: "executive"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1972"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.05
  momentum:             1.188191881918819
  historical:           8.121242666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 121
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daren Tang"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daren_Tang"
    title: "Daren Tang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daren Tang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daren Tang"
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    title: "Танг, Дарен"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump