Former Samsung Electronics Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun Appointed as President of Korea Invention Promotion Association

Kwon Oh-hyun, the new president of the Korea Invention Promotion Association.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] Former Samsung Electronics Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun has been appointed as the chairman of the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA) under the Korean Intellectual Property Office.

KIPA announced that the new chairman Kwon Oh-hyun held his inauguration ceremony on the 25th at the Korea Intellectual Property Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

In his inaugural speech, Chairman Kwon said, "I am honored and feel a heavy responsibility to be appointed as the chairman of Korea's first intellectual property specialized institution," adding, "I will do my best to help KIPA take a step forward as a public institution trusted by the people."

Chairman Kwon graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and earned his master's and doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from KAIST Graduate School and Stanford University Graduate School. He joined Samsung Semiconductor Research Center in the U.S. as a researcher in 1985 and served as president of Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Division and chairman of the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. Chairman Kwon has been recognized for leading Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business for a long time and advancing the semiconductor industry to the next level.

KIPA is a special corporation established in 1973. Former honorary chairman of LG, Koo Ja-kyung, and former POSCO chairman, Lee Gu-taek, have served as chairmen. The term of office is three years.

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