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Francis Gurry

Australian lawyer · Australia · On the map · Lawyers · Born 1951 · age 75

Francis Gerard Gurry is an Australian lawyer who served as the fourth director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from 2008 to 2020. During that time, he was also the secretary-general of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).

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2023Officer of the Order of AustraliaAward2010Honorary Doctor of the Renmin University of ChinaAward1980Yorke PrizeAward1951Born17 May 1951

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Discussing Africa in a Knowledge-Based Economy in 2015. Left to Right: Kingsley Moghalu, Martial De-Paul Ikounga, journalist Nozipho Mbanjwa, CEO Oluwatoyin Sanni, Julius Akinyemi, Gurry, Catherine Odora Hoppers, Mactar Silla and Snowy Khoza.

Discussing Africa in a Knowledge-Based Economy in 2015. Left to Right: Kingsley Moghalu, Martial De-Paul Ikounga, journalist Nozipho Mbanjwa, CEO Oluwatoyin Sanni, Julius Akinyemi, Gurry, Catherine Odora Hoppers, Mactar Silla and Snowy Khoza.

Awards

Officer of the Order of Australia2023

Honorary Doctor of the Renmin University of China2010

Yorke Prize1980

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

About this person

Gurry also served as a deputy director general of WIPO from 2003 to 2008.

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Australia

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Lawyers

Type

Lawyer

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Living

Dates

Born 1951 · age 75

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