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| IFIA Magazine - September 2021

IFIA expresses its

condolences for the

loss of its former

president

We are in great shock and grief due guages: English, French, Russian, Ara-
to hearing the loss of IFIA’s former and bic, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, and Finn-
honorary president, Dr. Farag Moussa. ish). Dr. Moussa visited over 80 countries
He passed away in Geneva on February from all regions of the world to expand
28 at the age of 91. the horizon of invention and innovation.
+Y -HYHN 4V\ZZH ÄYZ[ ^VYRLK ^P[O [OL At the time that he was leading the fed-
Egyptian Foreign Ministry (1951-1957) eration, his main goal was to expand the
and the League of Arab States (1958- invention and innovation society in ev-
1969) as a diplomat and a public rela- ery possible way. He intended to bring
[PVUZ VѝJLY /L [OLU QVPULK [OL >VYSK equality upon minorities and encourage
Intellectual people from
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ganization, es to partic-
WIPO, where ipate in in-
he worked ter national
for 20 years. invention fairs
Although re- and ceremo-
sponsible for nies. He also
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lations and in bringing
United Na- women to the
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Dr. Moussa world and
generated helped them
something to overcome
new in WIPO, which was the promotion obstacles.
of inventors and inventions. He was the We were deeply saddened to hear about
President of IFIA from October 1990 to the passing of someone so important to
December 2006. In April 2005, he got the invention society. On behalf of the
elected as the Honorary President of invention community, we send our af-
IFIA. Dr. Moussa was the author of 16 fection and deepest condolences to Dr.
IVVRZ Ä]L VU KPWSVTHJ` HUK VU Moussa’s family, and we hope that he’ll
women inventors published in eight lan- rest in peace.
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