His second term will commence in January 2027 and continue until December 2030.
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Dr. Vinaya Prakash Singh Re-elected APPU Secretary-General for Second Consecutive Term
Dr. Vinaya Prakash Singh, a 1988 batch officer of the Indian Postal Service, has been re-elected as Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU) for a second consecutive four-year term. He was declared elected unopposed by acclamation at the 14th APPU Congress held in Bangkok on September 4, 2026.
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Headquartered in Bangkok, the Union is an intergovernmental organisation comprising 32 member countries and functions as a Regional Union of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations specialised agency for the postal sector.
Since assuming the position in January 2023 following his first election at the 13th APPU Congress in 2022, Dr. Singh has contributed to advancing cooperation among postal administrations and supporting the development and modernisation of postal services across the region.
He has also undertaken assignments with the Union Public Service Commission, the United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan and the Army Postal Service Corps.
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