25 Facts About Kamil Idris

Kamil Eltayeb Idris was born on on 26 August 1954 and is a Sudanese statesman, scholar and international civil servant.

Kamil Idris was Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization from November 1997 to September 2008.

Kamil Idris was head of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.

In 2005, Kamil Idris received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Indira Gandhi National Open University in India.

Kamil Idris was member of the International Law Commission from 1992 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2001.

Kamil Idris succeeded Arpad Bogsch, who served as Director General for 25 years.

In March 1998, Kamil Idris visited the United States Congress and met with the United States Secretary of Commerce to discuss safeguarding and promoting American ingenuity, and he received an official welcome by Congress.

Kamil Idris was formally re-appointed to a second six-year term as Director General of WIPO on 27 May 2003.

In 2006, Kamil Idris negotiated a cooperation program between WIPO and the Government of Azerbaijan.

Kamil Idris's mandate was originally due to end on 30 November 2009.

In 2008, Kamil Idris met with the President and Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, where they discussed developing a digital library for the country.

In 2010, Kamil Idris was an independent candidate for President of Sudan.

In 2006, a report conducted by WIPO's Internal Audit and Oversight Division at the request of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit showed Kamil Idris' age had been misrepresented was the information was leaked to media outlets.

On 21 September 2007 the Secretariat of the WIPO called the report "a deliberate intention to harm [Kamil Idris]" and criticized the report's legitimacy and failure of the author to follow procedure which compromised its confidential status.

Kamil Idris' birthday has been reported as possibly being 26 August 1945,26 August 1953 or 26 August 1954.

Kamil Idris agreed to resign, and stepped down a year early from his post as head of WIPO.

In December 2016, it was reported that documents from WIPO dated in 2010 signed by the legal counsel of the organization, Edward Kwakwa, were released which show that Kamil Idris did not misrepresent his birth date.

Kamil Idris is an Honorary Fellow at Durham University in the United Kingdom.

Kamil Idris serves as an Honorary Professor of Law at Peking University and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Fudan University in China.

In 1999, Kamil Idris was awarded an honorary medal from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations for his work in intellectual property.

Kamil Idris was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Moldova State University that year.

In 2001, Idris received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Bucharest and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Infante D Henrique from Portugal.

Kamil Idris was presented with the Commandeur dans l'Ordre du Merite Nationale, the highest distinction of Cote d'Ivoire, for promoting social progress.

Kamil Idris was decorated with the Orden de Aguila Azteca in 2005 for his work in Mexico's economic development.

Kamil Idris received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Al Gezira and the University of Khartoum in 2007.